Team Sport Risk Exposure Framework-2 (TS-REF-2) to identify sports activities and contacts at increased SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Team Sports Risk Exposure Framework (TS-REF) was developed in July 2020 by experts sports medicine, virology, science and public health to facilitate the safe return of sport during COVID-19 pandemic.1 TS-REF at time when outdoor transmission risk SARS-CoV-2 unknown. has been adopted Public Health England UK Government (Department for Digital, Culture, Media Sport), use within both elite community sports,2 determine specific sporting activities (eg, rugby tackle),1 identify isolate increased contacts sport.3 classified as player-to-player interactions ‘ 1 m, directly face face, 3 or more seconds’.1 Increased defined were studied league, following with eight infectious players across four matches.3 Increased monitored 14-days their isolation period serially tested SARS-CoV-2. Of 28 identified from matches, only one player subsequently positive SARS-CoV-2, which linked an internal club outbreak believed unrelated training activities. Another study professional soccer observed similar findings,4 collectively suggesting appears lower than first thought.3 4 Consequently, may require unnecessarily who are not infection. Our aim update based on our evolving understanding sports. SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted exhaled large ‘ballistic’ respiratory (>100 …