Thursday, March 19, 2020

ICYMI: New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton has the Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Saints' Sean Payton becomes first known person in NFL to test positive

By
Connor Grott

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton said he began feeling symptoms last weekend and took a test Monday. File Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton said he began feeling symptoms last weekend and took a test Monday. File Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI | License Photo


March 19 (UPI) -- New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton has tested positive for the coronavirus, the longtime coach confirmed Thursday on social media.
League sources told ESPN and NFL Media that Payton has been battling the virus for more than a week and has a few days left of quarantine. He told ESPN that he didn't start feeling symptoms until Sunday and opted to take the test Monday. He received the positive test results Thursday.

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