The NBA is trying to cut down on how many coronavirus tests it’s using during the pandemic. The league reportedly sent a memo to teams Thursday urging them to stop arranging coronavirus tests for players who are asymptomatic, according to Tim Bontemps of ESPN.
The memo reportedly states that regularly testing all players and staff is no longer appropriate in the “current public health environment.”
The NBA has come under fire for using so many tests, especially when testing is not widely available in the United States. When Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus in March, the Jazz used 60 percent of Oklahoma’s coronavirus tests on Jazz players.