Barber with COVID-19 was scheduled to cut Patrick Mahomes’ hair

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The Chiefs needed to isolate two gamers this week when it was revealed that a barber with COVID-19 minimize their hair. However it may have been a lot worse.

That very same barber was scheduled to chop the hair of Patrick Mahomes and no less than 20 different Chiefs gamers and staffers, in line with Adam Schefter of ESPN.

The Chiefs had organized for the barber to get a COVID-19 check and he was pulled from his duties when the check got here again optimistic. The barber truly discovered he was optimistic whereas he was within the technique of slicing Chiefs heart Daniel Kilgore’s hair. He had already minimize extensive receiver Demarcus Robinson‘s hair, so the 2 of them have been positioned on the COVID-19 reserve checklist and can isolate till they’ve had unfavourable assessments for 5 days. The barber, Kilgore and Robinson have been all sporting masks throughout the haircuts, and thus far Kilgore and Robinson have continued to check unfavourable.

The Chiefs dodged a bullet when the barber’s check consequence got here again as shortly because it did. And with the Tremendous Bowl now lower than 5 days away, it’s crucial that each participant be extraordinarily cautious about shut contacts with anybody. A detailed contact with somebody who assessments optimistic at present would lead to a participant being remoted till after the Tremendous Bowl.