{"id":65260,"date":"2021-12-22T09:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=65260"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:33:33","slug":"the-swans-are-dealing-with-the-biggest-covid-outbreak-at-an-afl-club-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/the-swans-are-dealing-with-the-biggest-covid-outbreak-at-an-afl-club-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swans Are Dealing With The \u201cBiggest COVID Outbreak\u201d At An AFL Club Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sydney Swans have confirmed that members of the club\u2019s football department \u2013 \u201cincluding players\u201d \u2013 have tested positive for COVID during their leave period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/fiveaa-summer-sports-show-21-december-2021\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"FIVEAA Summer Sports Show - 21 December 2021\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Sydney:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>All affected players and staff are double vaccinated and all report to be in good health.<\/p><p>The Club\u2019s primary concern is for the health and safety of all players, staff and their families.<\/p><p>All positive cases are adhering to relevant State Government health directives.<\/p><p>All members of the football program returned negative Covid tests before their final training session of the year on Wednesday, December 15, in line with AFL protocols that includes weekly PCR testing, as well as regular rapid antigen testing.<\/p><p>Football department staff and players are due to return from leave on Thursday January 6, 2022.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Sydney Swans can confirm some members of the football department, including players, have tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>&mdash; Sydney Swans (@sydneyswans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sydneyswans\/status\/1473201194411520003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Channel 7\u2019s Mitch Cleary reported on Tuesday that more than 10 players had tested positive in what he called \u201cthe biggest outbreak at an AFL club yet\u201d. NSW recorded a record 3,000 new COVID cases on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At least 10 Sydney Swans players have been struck down with COVID. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cleary_mitch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cleary_mitch<\/a> has the exclusive details. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5zYfOfohG3\">https:\/\/t.co\/5zYfOfohG3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7AFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@7AFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7AFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7AFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7NEWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7NEWS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxmjpyKroe\">pic.twitter.com\/cxmjpyKroe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 7NEWS Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7NewsMelbourne\/status\/1473188865074556929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sydney Swans have confirmed that members of the club\u2019s football department \u2013 \u201cincluding players\u201d \u2013 have tested positive for COVID during their leave period. 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