The Chicago Bears had quite the scare when they learned that nine players and staff had tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The teams have since confirmed that all nine of those tests were false positives.
Chicago cancelled this morning’s practice and moved it to later this afternoon as a precaution.
Bears had nine players/staff text positive for COVID but, upon further review, nine results were false positives, the team said. Out of an abundance of caution, they postponed this morning’s practice to this afternoon at 1:30pm.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 23, 2020
“[Sunday] morning we learned yesterday’s Covid-19 testing identified nine players/staff as positive,” the team said in a statement. “We followed additional NFL-NFLPA testing protocol and confirmed all nine results as false positives. Out of an abundance of caution, we postponed this morning’s practice to this afternoon at 1:30pm.”
The NFL pointed to the BioReference laboratory in New Jersey for irregular results. The Bears have said they use a similar lab in Minnesota.
