Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical officer, addressed the league’s first COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday, saying that officials had anticipated players testing positive during the season and that the focus has been on avoiding spread.
“We said consistently that we expect to have some positive cases and that our goal is to prevent any positive cases from spreading around the teams,” Sills told CBS’s NFL Today.
Sills’ comments came hours after the league postponed Sunday’s Patriots-Chiefs game to Monday following quarterback Cam Newton receiving a positive coronavirus test result.