Rugby: Bath return 18 false positive COVID-19 results due to error in testing


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 22 Jan 2021

(Reuters) - Bath said on Thursday they had returned 18 false positive COVID-19 results in the latest round of testing due to an operator error at Premiership Rugby's testing partners Randox Health.

Bath were informed on Tuesday that 19 of the 24 league-wide positive cases included their players and staff. All positive cases and the 16 Bath players who were identified as close contacts went into isolation as per the health protocols.

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