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January 26, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with High School Wrestling Tournaments — Florida, December 2020–January 2021
An outbreak arising from a Florida high school wrestling tournament in December 2020 had an attack rate of at least 30% (38 of 126 tournament attendees who were tested) and a secondary attack rate of at least 9% (41 of 441 close contacts of the 38 COVID-19 patients). Among contacts, household members had the highest…
January 21, 2021
The Association of COVID-19 Incidence with Sport and Face Mask Use in United States High School Athletes
[pre-print, not peer reviewed] A nationwide survey of 152,484 high school athletes found cumulative incidence of 1,682 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 athletes, corresponding to an incidence rate of 24.6 cases per 100,000 player-days between August and October 2020. Incidence was lower when sports were outdoors and non-contact but no differences were detected between team versus…
January 11, 2021
Team-to-Team Transmission of COVID-19 in Ice Hockey Games – a Case Series of Players in Finnish Ice Hockey Leagues
An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 among U-20 ice hockey teams in Finland was reported based on public statements by the local health authorities and the teams involved. One player who had asymptomatic COVID-19 infected 22 of 28 teammates. The team had returned from an away trip the day before the first players had symptoms. COVID-19 was…
Time from Start of Quarantine to SARS-CoV-2 Positive Test Among Quarantined College and University Athletes — 17 States, June–October 2020
An analysis conducted by CDC with the National Collegiate Athletic Association found that among collegiate athletes exposed to COVID-19 (n=1,830), one quarter had positive test results during quarantine with a mean of 3.8 days from quarantine start until the positive test result. Among athletes who had not received a positive test result by day 5,…
November 19, 2020
Resuming Professional Football during the Covid-19 Pandemic in a Country with High Infection Rates: A Prospective Cohort Study
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] A prospective cohort study of Qatari professional football (soccer) players, staff, and officials (n=1337) during a truncated football season with a tailored infection control program identified 85 cases (36 players) with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 was similar to the general population. Infection control measures included regular PCR testing every…
November 9, 2020
Team Contact Sports in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic- a Scientific Concept for the Austrian Football League
[Preprint, not peer-reviewed] No COVID-19 infections occurred during the 12-week period following resumption of the Austrian national male association football league with COVID-19 monitoring. A pre-defined monitoring concept, including (1) health diaries of potential COVID-19 symptoms; (2) PCR results, body temperature and oxygen saturation; and (3) geo-tracking data of players’ movement outside the training/competition facilities…
November 6, 2020
The Health Of Us Adolescent Athletes During Covid-19 Related School Closures And Sport Cancellations
Female adolescent student-athletes report higher levels of moderate-to-severe anxiety and all student-athletes who participate in team sports reported more frequent symptoms associated with depression compared to those participating in individual sports. A cross-sectional study of adolescent student athletes during COVID-19 related school closures and sport cancellations found adolescents who identify as female reported a higher…
November 5, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission during Team-Sport Do Players Develop COVID-19 after Participating in Rugby League Matches with SARS-CoV-2 Positive Players
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Player interaction and proximity analysis of 4 professional rugby matches in which 8 players were retrospectively found to have SARS-CoV-2 suggest that risk of in-game transmission may be minimal. While video footage analysis and GPS data show the positive players were within 2 meters of other players for up to 316 seconds…
October 27, 2020
COVID-19 Outbreak Among a University’s Men’s and Women’s Soccer Teams — Chicago, Illinois, July–August 2020
An outbreak investigation among members of a Chicago university’s men’s and women’s soccer team in August 2020 identified several social gatherings in which transmission could have occurred. The outbreak had a 38% attack proportion (17 out of 45) from the index patient in the men’s soccer team. 18 social gatherings with minimal mask use or…
October 22, 2020
Mitigating a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Major League Baseball Players — United States, 2020
An outbreak investigation of players and employees from three Major League Baseball teams did not find any secondary transmission from cases on the index team during field play over 11 hours and 8 minutes with 2 opposing teams. The outbreak had a 14.4% total attack rate (21 of 146 total exposed) from the index patient…
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