NBA requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for team personnel
All NBA team personnel who will be near players and referees must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus this season, the league told its clubs in a memo on Friday.
It essentially covers anyone who will travel with teams, be around the bench areas, have access to home, visiting and referee locker rooms and those working at the scorer's table.
Team personnel will need to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1; game-day personnel by the time of a team's first home preseason game, which means early October.
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