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A week of controls has begun to verify that the sports centers and gyms have adapted to the anti-Covid security requirements, under penalty of closing the sector.
by Andrea Gagliardi
At the beginning a week of checks to verify that the sports centers and gyms have adapted to the anti-Covid security requirements, under pain of closing the sector.
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The Dpcm approved on Sunday night by the Government leaves open the gyms and the sports activities that take place in them, but with the beginning of a week of controls to verify that the sports centers and gyms have adapted to the safety requirements anti Covid-19 issued. months ago, on pain of closing the sector. The aim is to respect the guidelines drawn up by the Sports Office of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, then declined for individual disciplines by the respective sports federations through specific application protocols, which in some cases have also been updated several times. The guidelines for the reopening of Economic, Productive and Recreational Activities, launched by the Conference of the Regions, are even more detailed. Tightening measures for gyms.
Mandatory mask movements
Based on the latter, a program of activities is elaborated as planned as possible (for example, with reservation) and accesses must be regulated to avoid meeting conditions and aggregations, maintaining the attendance list for a period of 14 days. Body temperature can be detected, preventing access in case of temperature higher than 37.5 ° C. To move around the structure, with a mandatory mask, alternate paths are required from right to left in the corridors, to and from the changing room .
Safety distances
The spaces of the changing rooms and showers must be organized in such a way as to ensure distances of at least 1 meter, also regulating access. Flows, waiting spaces, access to different areas, positioning of tools and machines must be regulated, in order to guarantee the safety distance: o at least 1 meter for people while they are not doing physical activity, or at least 2 meters during physical activity.
Dispenser and disinfection tools
The structure must be equipped with a dispenser with products for hand hygiene in clearly visible points, foreseeing the obligation of hand hygiene at the entrance and exit. After use by each individual, the facility manager ensures the disinfection of the machine or tools used. Tools and machines that cannot be disinfected should not be used. Frequent cleaning and disinfection of the environment, tools and machines must be guaranteed (even several times a day, for example between one access shift and the next), and in any case the disinfection of changing rooms (including lockers) at the end of the day. In the gym, all clothing and personal items must be kept in the personal bag, even if they are deposited in the appropriate lockers; It is recommended not to allow mixed use of lockers and to have bags available to store personal effects.
Air exchange
The exchange of air in indoor environments should be favored. For air conditioning systems, it is mandatory, if technically possible, to completely exclude the air recirculation function. In any case, the measures for the exchange of natural air and / or through the system must be further strengthened, and the cleaning of the recirculation air filters must be guaranteed, with the system stopped, to maintain adequate levels of filtration. / removal. If technically possible, the recirculation filtering capacity should be increased, replacing the existing filters with higher class filters, guaranteeing the maintenance of the flow rates. In bathrooms, the exhaust fan must be kept in continuous operation.
