Report: NBA to Partner wih Covid-19 Test Providers

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According to Shams Charania of Stadium/The Athletic, the NBA is in discussions with several coronavirus testing providers ahead of their hopeful resumption of the 2019-20 season:

NBA shoring up its testing protocols, informing teams that it is engaged in conversations with BioReference Laboratories, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics and Vault Health/RUCDR Infinite Biologics at Rutgers, sources said. Teams asked to create account with each company. https://t.co/s2LoeBn5Mi

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 21, 2020

The NBA has made it clear that player safety is a high priority. That would likely include frequent testing, contact-tracing, and limiting play to one or just a handful of cities.