The NBA does not intend to interrupt the season because of the Covid

The NBA have no plans to interrupt the current season due to the rebound from the Covid epidemic and are considering reducing the period during which players must stay away if they test positive, said Tuesday league boss Adam Silver. He estimated on the ESPN sports television channel that the NBA, like the whole of society, should learn to live with the virus even though the Omicron variant causes a new increase in contamination which has forced the postponement of five matches. this week.

“There is currently no plan to suspend the season”, he said. “We have of course looked at all the options. We struggled to establish a logic that would justify an interruption. This virus will not go away and we will have to learn to live with it“, he added, believing that “the thing that seems justified and responsible is to keep playing”.

More than 80 players have entered the Covid protocol put in place by the NBA in recent days, leading the organizers of the championship to relax the rules allowing the use of players from replacement teams.

Adam Silver clarified that the NBA could reduce the number of days players must not play once they are concerned with the application of anti-Covid protocols. He pointed out that 97% of them were vaccinated and 65% had received a third dose.

However, he does not envisage compulsory vaccination within the framework of discussions with organizations representing players on health measures. “BMany of the 3% of unvaccinated people have had Covid and developed antibodies. For me, the priority is the third dose for the other 97% “, he added, adding that the Omicron variant was responsible for 90% of recent contaminations.