The Yankees’ coronavirus outbreak increased to seven confirmed cases on Wednesday. Three of the team’s coaches and four of its support staff members — all seven people are fully vaccinated, and thus considered breakthrough cases — have tested positive and are in quarantine. All but one of them are asymptomatic, Manager Aaron Boone said before the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 1-0, on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Yankees had been enjoying relaxed health and safety protocols under rules negotiated by M.L.B. and the players’ union for reaching the threshold of having at least 85 percent of the club’s traveling party fully vaccinated.

Source: New York Times May 13, 2021 01:31 UTC