The NFL and the NFL players association agreed to cease daily COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated players, allowing them to follow the protocols that were issued for vaccinated players and coaches in December.
The league sent a memo to the remaining eight teams in the NFL playoffs on Friday, eliminating the designation between unvaccinated and vaccinated players.
The league’s change comes after the number of cases of the omicron variant. All players and tiered staff will undergo enhanced symptom screening, symptom-based testing and targeted surveillance testing.
According to the NFL’s most recent COVID-19 data from Jan.