MLB players returning to U.S. will not have to quarantine for 2 weeks
Major League Baseball's player-safety protocols proposal does not require international players returning to the United States to undergo a 14-day quarantine period, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports.
The league would screen, test, and quarantine any foreign and domestic major leaguers instead of abiding by CDC recommendations, which requires any person returning to the country to quarantine for two weeks, Brown reports.
All players who return to their MLB teams will reportedly have to follow these protocols:
A thorough pre-screening questionnaire administered by team physicians. The form would inquire about possible symptoms, exposures, and recent whereabouts that could reveal any potential risks;
Temperature checks;
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) saliva test that would detect the presence of the COVID-19 virus;
A blood test, for the presence of COVID-19 antibodies.
Agents representing players from Venezuela, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and the Dominican Republic said that they have not yet received any information about a possible return to the U.S., which has sparked confusion about the two-week quarantine requirement, Brown adds.
The players' association did not mention any ideas over the last month of negotiations about travel protocols for international players, sources have told Brown.
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| Juraj Slafkovsky | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Phillip Danault | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Josh Anderson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Josh Doan | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jake Evans | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mikael Granlund | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Konsta Helenius | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | 1 | 1 | |
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