My understanding is that six of the seven infections were indeed asymptomatic infections and we will look to more data from that report to understand what happened there," Walensky said. "With regard to the Yankees, we obviously need to learn more about that situation.
All-Star right fielder Aaron Judge reportedly is among six. Walensky was asked about the peculiar development during her press briefing on Thursday. Yankees’ roster options if COVID outbreak includes Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela, Kyle Higashioka. However, the CDC does note that reported breakthrough cases "will represent an undercount," as its surveillance system is "passive and relies on voluntary reporting from state health departments." Tangent:ĬDC Director Dr. The Covid-19 vaccines have been shown to be overall highly effective at preventing illness, and even more so at staving off the worst outcomes, like serious disease and death. who had been fully vaccinated as of April 26, there were only 9,245 reports of vaccine breakthrough infections. Among the more than 95 million people in the U.S. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League announced Wednesday that defenseman Jake Walman, who has been vaccinated, tested positive for Covid-19. According to updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance released last week, breakthrough cases "are expected," as "no vaccines are 100% effective." The CDC states, "there will be a small percentage of people who are fully vaccinated who still get sick, are hospitalized, or die from Covid-19." The St. The Yankees’ outbreak began on Sunday, when the team, after spending over a week in New York hosting home games, flew to Florida to play the Tampa Bay Rays and learned that Phil Nevin, their. The team said that six of the seven are asymptomatic, with the seventh experiencing only mild symptoms. Overall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received reports of 9,245 breakthrough cases, a tiny fraction of which resulted in. The fact that the team stated all eight were fully vaccinated raises questions. Over the past week, nine members of the New York Yankeeseight coaches and staff members and one player tested positive for COVID-19, even though they’d all received the Johnson and Johnson. The others are third base coach Phil Nevin, first base coach Reggie Willits, pitching coach Matt Blake and four unnamed support staffers, who have been forced to quarantine after positive tests. Judge had just played in an All-Star game in Denver on Tuesday before testing positive, raising concerns he may have exposed players on other teams.Torres is the first player to test positive for Covid-19 among the eight.
The postponement of Thursday's game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, August 17. and Wandy Peralta tested positive, with pending tests for Aaron Judge, Kyle Higashioka and Gio Urshela later being confirmed as positive.ĮSPN's Jeff Passan reports no new positive cases have been reported since Thursday afternoon, and players underwent one more round of testing Friday afternoon before first pitch.įollowing those tests, the Yankees and Red Sox resumed play Friday night. Pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr. To date, this is the eighth postponement this season. NEW YORK CITY (WABC) - The Yankees' post-All-Star break opener against the Boston Red Sox had to be postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests among six New York Yankees players, but the teams resumed play Friday night. The Yankees were one of the first teams to reach a vaccination rate of 85, but the team still had an outbreak in May among some of its staff. The Yankees and Red Sox resumed play Friday night after additional testing revealed no new COVID cases.
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