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The Houston Texans presented they closed their facility Thursday after a player examined sure for COVID-19.
“The player straight away self-isolated and contact tracing has begun,” the Texans acknowledged. “We will give you the selection to adjust to the NFL‘s intensive protocols and steerage relating to the team’s operations. The health and safety of our team, as effectively as our total employees, are of most practical likely precedence.”
Houston performs the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
That is the second straight week all the map by which the Texans like closed their facility for a day for COVID-19-related causes. On Oct. 28, the team positioned Max Scharping on the reserve/COVID-19 checklist, which is for players who both examined sure or had shut contact with any person else who did.
Houston had a bye in Week 8, so fleet closing team offices didn’t jeopardize the pickle of a sport.
That also can simply no longer be the case in Week 9, pending extra sorting out. The NFL has moved multiple video games round thanks to sure COVID-19 outcomes on a team, even though Thursday’s detect between the Inexperienced Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers stays on despite multiple players from each groups occurring the reserve/COVID-19 checklist.
The Texans are taking a gaze to pork up on their 1-6 sage Sunday and like a appropriate chance of incomes their second victory. The Jaguars also take a seat at 1-6 and like dropped six video games in a row after beating the Indianapolis Colts 27-20 in Week 1.
