Pitt canceled a football practice session on Thursday after multiple players exhibited potential COVID-19 symptoms, according to a press release from Pitt. The Panthers have held five practices since their preseason training camp began on Aug. 7, and this is the first reported incident since then in which players have displayed COVID-19 symptoms.
“Our medical team decided it was in everyone’s best interest to temporarily pause our Thursday training camp activities so that we could test symptomatic players per our protocol,” Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke said in a statement. “Based on negative test results received late today, it has been determined that we can safely resume practice on Friday.