Premiership Rugby investigates Bath's false positive Covid tests

Operational error at laboratory created alarmPlayers and staff forced into unnecessary isolationPremiership Rugby has started an investigation after an error in the laboratory run by the company that conducts its Covid-19 testing programme resulted in Bath’s squad and management needlessly having to isolate at home and the club’s training ground given a deep clean that was not required.Bath were told on Tuesday morning that a number of their players and staff had tested positive, but it turned out there were only two positive tests out of the 989 conducted by Randox Health at the 12 top-flight…