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Gyms and pools will remain open, but will have to meet higher standards. On Thursday, October 22, a new implementation protocol was issued that established the ‘Guidelines for basic sport and motor activity in general’. The Ministry of Sports has established that the use of masks must be strictly respected, while it will be mandatory to reserve courses with the app. Of course, fines for those who violate them. The announcement was made by the number one of the Vincenzo Spadafora dicastery.
Wearing the mask
The new protocol with the regulations for gyms, swimming pools and basic sports, also published on the website of the Ministry of Sport, specifies that it is mandatory to check at the entrance that the users of the services and their companions are equipped with a protective mask and otherwise Prohibit entry to those who do not use it. Children must be accompanied by a maximum of one family member. Inside the structure, a mask must always be worn, except when physical activity is carried out on site. Therefore, it should also be used during training if you move from one training station to another. It is mandatory to always wear a mask in access and transit areas ”.
Temperature measurement
It becomes in effect mandatory to take the temperature of all visitors, members, employees, companions, at the time of access, preventing it from those who have a temperature higher than 37.5 degrees.
Mandatory spacing
The determination of the maximum number of people that can be present at the same time within the structure “must result from the consideration of 12 square meters for each person, considering for the calculation the square meters (interior) of the entire structure. In the calculation of co-presences, the direct or indirect personnel who attend to you at that time must also be considered. Regarding group activities and courses, the maximum number mentioned above is 5 square meters per participant, taking into account the size of the environment in which the activity takes place. Regarding the activities carried out inside the pools, a minimum space of 7 square meters per person present must be guaranteed. For swimming pools not suitable for bathing, the reference regional regulations and those contained in Annex 9 of the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of October 13, 2020 apply. “Naturally, the minimum interpersonal distance of one meter must be maintained always with a more elastic assessment ‘during physical activity’ with the obligation to maintain “a minimum interpersonal distance appropriate to the intensity of the exercise, in any case not less than 2 meters”.
Access to showers and dispensers
Those in charge of gyms, swimming pools or sports centers must prohibit access to showers, inviting users and athletes to change, in the case of swimming pools, only wet swimsuit or training clothes and dry their hair as soon as possible. possible ‘. It becomes mandatory ‘to make available at least one disinfectant gel dispenser every 300 square meters and a disinfectant gel dispenser in access and transit areas’.
Mandatory signs in swimming pools and gyms
As for bars, restaurants, pizzerias, wineries and pubs, those responsible for swimming pools, gyms and facilities must also ‘prepare and make visible at the entrance of the structure a poster containing the maximum number of entrances allowed within the different sports facilities ‘.
Reservation application
The application that all those who frequent swimming pools and gyms will have to download will be essential. Through the app you can reserve, and especially the reservation will be mandatory: “In any case it is mandatory to use technological solutions that allow the possibility of tracking access to the facilities, through WEB applications, or applications for mobile devices, of those who participate in the proposed sports activities ”.
The mandatory Immuni app
There is a new protocol standard for gyms, swimming pools and sports centers that also affects the famous ‘Immuni’ app: “The monitoring app must be promoted among users and frequented by sports centers.”
The rules for swimming pools
Naturally, in addition to gyms, the new protocol also refers to pools with measures that apply to public and private pools intended for swimming and recreational activities. Special use pools for treatment, rehabilitation and spa are excluded. Administrators must “foresee routes divided by entry and exit, but also allow access to the facilities exclusively by reservation.” Then it will be necessary to organize the spaces and activities in the changing rooms and the shower areas in order to ensure a distance of at least one meter between each person.
In addition, it will be necessary to equip the structure of the dispenser with hydroalcoholic solutions for the hygiene of the hands of visitors / clients / guests in clearly visible points at the entrance, as well as having dispensers in the areas of frequent traffic, in the solarium area or in Strategic areas for Visitors should encourage hand hygiene. It will also be necessary to provide for the periodic and frequent cleaning and disinfection of common areas, changing rooms, showers, toilets, cabins, equipment: sun loungers, chairs, beds, including floating equipment, boats. Avoid the mixed use of objects and clothes: the user must access the pool equipped with everything necessary.
The crowding density in the tank must be calculated “With an index of 7 square meters of water surface per person. Therefore, the administrator is required, based on the available areas, to calculate and manage visitor entries to the system “.
Sanctions for those who do not respect the protocol
Compared to last spring, there are more rules to follow and in case of non-compliance with them, managers may incur financial sanctions: “Please note that non-compliance with the provisions of the planned measures may be subject to the planned sanctions by current legislation following the Control and monitoring operations carried out by the administrations and competent authorities of the Dpcm of October 13, 2020, sanctioned with a fine of 280.00 or 560.00 in the case of euros ”.
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