Vikings and Titans suspend in-person club activities after Tennessee has positive tests
The Titans reportedly had three new player positives and five new personnel test positive for COVID-19. That affects the Vikings, because Minnesota hosted Tennessee on Sunday.
According to Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, both the Titans and the Vikings will suspend in-person club activities starting today.
“Both clubs are working closely with the NFL, the NFLPA and infectious disease experts to evaluate close contacts, perform additional testing and monitor developments,” Pelissero said on Twitter.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported there were no positive tests with the Vikings when notified this morning but the NFL is taking the safe approach via protocols with facility shutdown.
Pelissero said that the expectation is that Tennessee’s facility will be shut down for several days. He did not specify what the decision will be for Minnesota, other than saying in-person activities are on hold.
The NFL has released a statement regarding the positive tests:
“All decisions will be made with health and safety as our primary consideration. We will continue to share updates as more information becomes available,” the league said in a statement.
