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SEC will require two weekly COVID tests for football players

Missouri football players will be tested for COVID-19 twice a week during the upcoming season as part of the Southeastern Conference's newly announced series of coronavirus protocols.

The SEC will coordinate centralized testing through a third-party provider to ensure consistency, the league announced Friday as part of its evolving management plan as recommended by the SEC’s Return to Activity and Medical Guidance Task Force, a panel of medical experts from each of the league's 14 schools.

Players will be given the PCR test (polymerase chain reaction), typically six days and three days prior to competition on Sundays and Wednesdays.