Big Ten releases COVID-19 medical protocols

The Big Ten released its full schedule for football this fall, but it also made available the COVID-19 medical protocols to be used.

COVID-19 Virus Testing Bulletin

  • All sports will be required to test a minimum of once weekly, while sports with high contact risk will be required to test a minimum of twice weekly.
  • Required testing frequency is based upon the level of contact risk within the sport and is
    required for student-athletes as well as coaches and additional staff members
  • The Conference will coordinate centralized testing through a third-party testing laboratory for
    consistency in surveillance and pre-competition testing
  • The required testing, at this time, for COVID-19 must use polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
    testing
  • Institutions may supplement the required Conference testing with additional testing performed
    for surveillance or clinical purposes

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