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Chief Medical Officer: NFL Shouldn't Restart Without Increased COVID-19 Testing

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The NFL's chief medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, said the NFL would need widespread COVID-19 testing before allowing practices and games to go forward.

"As long as we're still in a place where when a single individual tests positive for the virus that you have to quarantine every single person who was in contact with them in any shape, form or fashion, then I don't think you can begin to think about reopening a team sport," he told Judy Battista of NFL.com. "Because we're going to have positive cases for a very long time.