COVID-19 has devastated the NFL — and the country, for that matter — in recent weeks amid the emergence of the new omicron variant.
In light of this outbreak, the CDC has released new guidelines that compress the isolation timeframe for asymptomatic COVID-positive individuals from 10 days to five. As a result, the NFL has adopted this measure and applied it to its own COVID protocols, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Now, players who have tested positive for the lingering virus but are asymptomatic could possibly return in five days, regardless of vaccination status.
NFL and NFLPA now have adopted the new CDC guidelines that reduce the quarantine time to 5 days from 10 days for all Covid positive players who are asymptomatic, including those who are unvaccinated, per sources.