The NBA and its players union have agreed on an extension of the current health and safety protocols through at least the final game before the All-Star break, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. Those rules place strict limits on interactions between traveling parties and the community.
The league introduced tighter protocols in early January in an effort to keep COVID-19 under control. The new regulations include a requirement that all players who are dressed for a game must wear face masks until they check in. Inactive players must be masked for the entire game.
The agreement comes at a time when the virus situation throughout the league is improving. Players registered just one positive result in the latest round of testing, marking three straight weeks with no more than one. Twenty-three games have been postponed since the start of the season, but none have been called off since February 1.