the (new) rules for playing sports

the new Dpcm Expected for today, October 12, 2020: in comparison with CTS experts, indications have emerged about the reduction of quarantine from 14 to 10 days, with a single control swab at the outlet, and on the possibility that also general practitioners and pediatricians do swabs. The government tightening will also affect amateur sports activities, both outdoors and indoors. For now, the strict rules for gyms and swimming pools do not change. In the corridors a maximum of 200 fans.

Dpcm: the rules for playing sports

There is no obligation to wear a mask when training, but the adjustment will be true this time: we are going towards the prohibition of practicing all contact disciplines at the amateur level, writes the Delivery courier, because the diffusion of the saliva particles that are expelled with the breath increases when physical activity is carried out. Then nothing soccer and futsal, basketball, volleyball, beach volleyball, boxing, martial arts, couples and group dancing. Both indoors and outdoors. The government now seems oriented to strictly follow the instructions of the CTS.

However, there are no limitations for tennis and paddle tennis matches, since in practice it is possible to maintain a safe distance. All sports that can be practiced in isolation, such as jogging, will also continue to be allowed. At least for the moment there will be no more restrictions for gyms and swimming pools, which may continue to carry out their activities according to the regulations already in force: limited tickets and with reservation.

An important specification: the new probable bans will only affect sports performed at the amateur level. Let us be clear: those that are practiced between friends, although there should not be new prohibitions even for amateur leagues and youth sectors, but the last word is not said. Limitations also for the public: in the stadiums a maximum of 200 fans.

Running, walking and masks: how things are going

Regarding the use of the mask during physical activity, however, the clarification came Sunday afternoon: runners will not have to wear the mask. The race is allowed, but it must be carried out respecting the rules of social distancing. The simplified questions were: if I go for a walk, do I have to wear the protection device? What happens if I run to the park? You can keep jogging and jogging without wearing a mask. Instead, the obligation kicks in for those who go out for a walk.

“We are forced to tighten our shirts – confirms the Minister of Health” Roberto Speranza – with timely interventions in some higher risk areas to put the curve under control and not take harsher measures ”. It will be enough? We’ll see. ”No one has a magic wand or can work miracles. Italy has done an important job. Address problems when they are there. Drive-ins in Lazio will double from tomorrow. The NHS has stood the test well. We should not think that everything is resolved in a few months. But there have always been divestments in recent years. Now, in a few months, 10 billion in loans have been decided ”, said the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, in relation to Fabio Fazio in Rai3 in ‘Che tempo che fa’.

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