The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced Monday that there were no new positive tests for COVID-19 among players on the 10 teams involved in the upcoming 2021 World Junior Championship.
An astounding 3,640 tests have been completed since the teams entered the bubble last Sunday. Players, coaches, staff, and game officials were all required to get tested.
On Friday, it was announced that eight German players and two Swedish staff members had tested positive for the virus.
Since then, all players and staff on Team Sweden have tested negative and plan to be released from quarantine, except the two previous positive cases. The two staff members will be stuck in quarantine until December 27. Another staff member in Germany also tested positive and will be in quarantine until December 30.
Although the actual tournament games do not start until Friday, December 25, pre-tournament games will begin Tuesday at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
«We continue to have complete confidence in the operational and risk mitigation plan that was designed by our medical experts and scrutinized by all levels of government,» the event executive committee stated Monday.
«The advice and guidance that we have been given by Public Health and Alberta Health Services regarding the health and safety of the community and all participants has been instrumental, and we are encouraged by the results we are seeing from the ongoing testing process.»
Source: sportsnet.ca
