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A limited number of fans will be able to return to sports venues next month, the prime minister confirmed.
As England’s blockade ends next week, coronavirus the restrictions will return in the form of the previous three-tier system.
And in areas with lower infection rates (levels 1 and 2), Mr. Johnson announced that starting December 2, indoor and outdoor venues will be able to admit viewers on a limited basis.
But it has not yet confirmed what the capacity limits or percentages would be.
It has been reported that 4,000 viewers or the 50% capacity limits, whichever is lower, would be at Level 1, dropping to 2,000 or 50% for indoor venues.
At Tier 2, it was reported to be 2,000 outdoors and 1,000 indoors, or 50% capacity.
Johnson also said grassroots outdoor sports and indoor sports facilities, such as gyms, could be reopened.
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The news comes just days after the government announced a rescue package of £ 300 million of emergency funds for sports in England hit by the absence of spectators.
Soccer clubs have long campaigned to loosen the rules for spectators
Football clubs in the Premier League have long been campaigning to bring fans back to the stadiums and in the early days of the pandemic were conducted several experiments with viewers socially distant hoping to persuade the Government to relax the rules.
These included the mandatory wearing of masks on the way to the venue, as well as in the lobbies, and the face covers were only removed while in a seat.
Some clubs also suggested a “code of conduct” with regulations such as queues separated by two meters, no hugs and even a ban on handling the ball if it was kicked into the stands – a butler sanitized it before it returned to the court.
But the prime minister stood his ground and kept the venues free of spectators, until today’s announcement.
