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John Skipper Back Working After Testing Positive For COVID-19

DAZN Group Exec Chair John Skipper tested positive for COVID-19 on March 16 and spent the past two weeks recovering in his N.Y. apartment. Skipper is said to be on the mend; today marked his first day back at work, albeit remotely from his West Village apartment. Skipper was never hospitalized during his sickness. He spent most of the past two weeks in bed, battling a bad cold and persistent fever. He was tested March 16 after feeling unwell for an unknown length of time. Skipper opted to keep news of his infection quiet in the hopes that his mother, who lives in an assisted living facility in North Carolina, would not worry unnecessarily.

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