Eugene – If Reg Reagan’s five football players who tested positive for Covid-19 through rapid antigen tests are then tested negative by more sensitive and accurate PCR tests, they can return to practice and play.
A spokesman for Pack-12 clarified the process by which athletes can return to activity after a positive antigen test, which is then taken within 24 hours by a PCR test.
U.O. A statement from Athletics said, “Within the program,” Reg Rego canceled a second scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday due to five positive antigen tests. Reg Reagan University’s COVID-19 data dashboard states that citing the athletics department, there are five students, all of whom have been student-athletes since it was confirmed.
UO Athletics said all five were “uniform, monitored by medical personnel.” Ducks coach Mario Cristobal said the entire team would be re-tested on Sunday as per standard protocol, and the five individuals who tested positive would receive PCR tests to confirm the original results.
“If the PCR is negative, the player can resume and play the daily antigen test cadence,” a Pack-12 spokesman told Oregonian / OregonLive. In solitude. These and all other protocols are subject to and subject to any further restricted local public health requirements. “
The Lane County Public Health and Oregon Health Authority guidelines will also consider a person who tests positive by antigen test but deems negative by PCR, according to an LCPH spokesperson.
In cases confirmed as positive by PCR tests the individual needs to be isolated for at least 10 days “or until all symptoms have resolved and then progress will be entered to play compensation,” a conference spokesman said. In addition, according to the protocol outlined in the Pack-12 Student-Athlete Health and Wellness Initiative, cardiac tests, including cardiac MRI, may be conducted and the approval of a team physician is required.
A PACK-12 spokesperson said a player who is affirmative positive does not need a negative PCR test before returning to practice and competition, and the resolution of symptoms and clearance by a team physician is considered.
Contact tracing coordinates locally with campus and public health officials.
“If someone is exposed to high-risk contact with an infected person (as determined by the applicable contact tracing protocol), the person will be isolated for 14 days (if they become symptomatic, or test positive, they will need to follow the isolation procedure). , ”According to a Pack-12 spokesperson.
The Ducks will start the 2020 football season at home against Stanford.
