K-State announces none of its football players have tested positive for coronavirus
Ninety members of the Kansas State football team underwent COVID-19 coronavirus testing earlier this week, and the Wildcats have confirmed that none of them tested positive for the illness.
That is good news for K-State coach Chris Klieman, as means every active football player on his roster will be allowed to participate in voluntary workouts starting next week when football teams across the Big 12 are first permitted to begin lifting and running Monday.
K-State announced that one of its student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19 with antibody testing but is not considered acute.
Since the Wildcats began testing student-athletes earlier this week, Riley County hasn’t reported a single new positive test for coronavirus while negative tests have climbed by 150.
The K-State athletic department will continue to test student-athletes in other sports for coronavirus as they arrive on campus and begin summer workouts in their sports.
Should a student-athlete test positive, that individual will be medically managed according to current local, state, national, and CDC guidelines, which begins with self-isolation for 10 days and until the patient is without fever for 72 hours without medication, whichever takes longer. These guidelines would also include quarantine for any individuals known to have been in contact with someone who tested positive.
This story was originally published June 11, 2020 at 3:46 PM with the headline "K-State announces none of its football players have tested positive for coronavirus."