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Contamination Caused False Jets, Giants COVID-19 Positives: Lab

There were a total of 77 false positives delivered to the NFL, officials said.

NEW JERSEY – The lab in New Jersey used by the NFL for COVID-19 tests said Monday that an isolated contamination caused 77 “most likely false positive results.”

In a statement, BioReference Laboratories said the test results on Saturday were contaminated during preparation. Eleven clubs were affected, and the tests were reexamined and found to be false positives.

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