The Washington Nationals contacted Washington D.C. city government on July 10 to ask for a modification of the terms in their previously-approved waiver proposal.
The proposal from the team was an effort to allow employees -- i.e. players -- who have come in close contact with “individuals diagnosed with COVID-19” to leave home in order to work within the District of Columbia.
Here’s what the Nationals’ proposal to the city included as parameters:
• The individual must test negative for the presence of the virus via an Expedited Diagnostic Test, and self-quarantine while awaiting the results of that test
• The individual must be completely asymptomatic
• The individual must undergo more frequent temperature checks and enhanced symptom monitoring under the direction of the club’s medical staff for at least 14 days following the potential exposure
• The individual must wear a surgical mask at all times (including while outside of club facilities), except while on the field
• The individual must immediately self-isolate under the direction of the team physician if he or she develops any symptoms consistent with COVID-19
• The close contact remains quarantined at his or her place of lodging except for travel to the ballpark and back for 14 days following the potential exposure
• The close contact receives PCR laboratory-based COVID testing on a daily basis for 14 days following the potential exposure
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Most of those protocols align with the ones outlined in Major League Baseball's 2020 operations manual.
In a July 16 response from the city written by Dr. Christopher Rodriguez, director of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA), the proposal is seen as a risk to the Nationals’ workforce.
From the letter Rodriguez sent to the Nationals:
DC Health opines that this proposal poses a potential risk to others in the workplace, both employees and non-employees, who may come into contact with the individual who has been exposed to COVID-19 and continues to work. If the individual is permitted to travel during the self-quarantine and interacts with members outside the primary organization, the risk extends. As such, the Washington Nationals adopts this modified policy with the understanding and acceptance of this risk to its workforce and other members of the public.
In the event that an incumbent of the identified 87 positions in the enclosed proposal is identified as a close contact to an individual diagnosed with COVID-19, the District of Columbia advises the following:
• Self-quarantine will occur for a minimum of 14 days.
• The proposed modified quarantined shall be implemented by the Washington Nationals organizations with the full understanding by the organization of risk it poses to employees and others within the workplace. Activities are restricted to the workplace (i.e. ballpark) and place of residence. Travel to and from the workplace shall occur by private vehicle.
• Quarantined players should not travel out of the jurisdiction/National Capital Region due to the risk of transmission and potential of spread to other communities.
NBC Sports Washington reached out to the Nationals and is awaiting comment.
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