Major League Baseball Covid-19 testing hits snag because FedEx didn't operate over holiday weekend - CNBC

Less than a week after Major League Baseball clubs welcomed back players in preparation of an abbreviated season, the league has experienced a delay in getting Covid-19 test results because of the Independence Day holiday.

FedEx, which has an exclusive contract with the MLB to retrieve and deliver testing kits to the facility it's using in Utah, wasn't operational over the holiday weekend. According to the company's published schedule, FedEx's express-delivery unit had modified service on July 3, and was closed on July 4 and July 5. With FedEx not running, MLB used a service from another airline, which delivered some of the test results to teams.

The MLB also said the Utah laboratory "is operating on a seven-day-a-week schedule from July 5th through the end of the World Series." The league will also test players and staff "every-other-day until the end of the 2020 World Series.".

MLB summer camps opened on July 1, after the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association finally came to terms on pay structure and total games?

The MLB said all players and staff must go through "medical testing and screening processes before entering club facilities." Full workouts are underway with Opening Day games scheduled for July 23 and July 24.