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10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: Chipstead Quin
Date: July 8, 2020, 11:20 am
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HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/53336575
Six players and four non-playing members of staff have tested
positive after the first round of Premiership Rugby's
coronavirus testing.
A total of 804 tests were carried out across the 12 clubs on
Monday.
Saracens confirmed "one or more" staff members tested positive,
but no players, and Harlequins said a "member of the club" was
also among them.
The season was suspended in March and Premiership Rugby hopes to
resume the league on the weekend of 15 August.
"We have to respect patient confidentiality so we won't be
naming the person or people involved," Saracens said in a
statement.
"The individuals will now go into isolation along with any
others identified as close contacts in both their team and
household settings. This is informed by protocols established
with Public Health England (PHE) and Track and Trace."
Premiership teams were told at the start of June that they could
begin socially-distanced non-contact training in small groups,
and were able to progress to close-contact training from Monday
onwards.
Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Ben Youngs told the BBC:
"I'd probably be naive to think that out of 800 tests you aren't
going to get a few [positives].
"But I think what's important are the protocols of what happens
next. You don't want that 10 to be 30 next week, then 80, and
then we are in a spot of bother.
"But rugby does need to get back up and running. The clubs need
it, everyone needs it, so we need that to be as diligent as
possible across all the clubs to allow that.
"Hopefully people follow the protocols to make sure next week it
isn't any larger than that."
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: finknottle
Date: July 8, 2020, 11:59 am
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Quins have confirmed that one of them is us...
HTML https://www.quins.co.uk/news/update-on-covid-testing/
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: July 8, 2020, 12:05 pm
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Whoever it is, I hope they have a speedy recovery. (And indeed
everyone who has caught it).
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: D-Quins
Date: July 8, 2020, 12:18 pm
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so 1.2% of those tested have it, not a high percentage. If they
keep testing then they should be able to keep it even lower. It
is not realistic to say there will be no one with it out there.
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: TomBuckQuin
Date: July 8, 2020, 12:25 pm
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Could potentially wreak havoc in a squad though in terms of
self-isolation required - if one player catches it, how many
other players have they likely come into contact with that then
have to quarantine? And as return to training moves through the
phases, the Prem squads will be training all together again. If
one player catches it at that point, you're looking at cancelled
games.
That's without even mentioning the various stages of preparation
different player groups will be at depending on whether or not
they have had to quarantine for 2 weeks at any given time. Bit
of a mare really.
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: poorfour
Date: July 8, 2020, 1:02 pm
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--- Quote from: TomBuckQuin link ---
>
> Could potentially wreak havoc in a squad though in terms of
self-isolation required - if one player catches it, how many
other players have they likely come into contact with that then
have to quarantine? And as return to training moves through the
phases, the Prem squads will be training all together again. If
one player catches it at that point, you're looking at cancelled
games.
>
> That's without even mentioning the various stages of
preparation different player groups will be at depending on
whether or not they have had to quarantine for 2 weeks at any
given time. Bit of a mare really.
>
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I would hope that they did the tests *before* moving to the
phase of training that requires close contact, and will continue
to test players regularly as each phase progresses.
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: July 8, 2020, 10:48 pm
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According to the report in the Grauniad, these tests *were* done
before the move to phase 2 of returning to training
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: July 8, 2020, 11:11 pm
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So, in theory, if a forward tests positive for COVID-19 and we
are close contact training then we could lose our pack for a
fortnight. Not a problem now, but as we approach the 10 August
league re-start day I wonder what would happen? Would this then
mean that the 10 August start date would be deferred? Or would
we have to concede games?
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: July 9, 2020, 2:52 am
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Was always going to happen to someone. Football managed it very
well. I could be wrong but I think because the testing is
regular, the need for people to isolate if they come into
contact is not like it would be for "normal" people
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Re: 10 test Positive in 804 Prem Rugby CVD19Tests
DIR By: harlequins
Date: July 9, 2020, 3:20 am
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Do they have any symptoms?
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