Reconfinement: cessation of extra-curricular activities such as sport

Extra-curricular activities for children, such as sports and music, will be stopped during the reconfinement period decided to fight against the rebound of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Jean Castex said at a press conference Thursday.

"Establishments that offer extra-curricular, sporting or artistic activities, such as conservatories or sports clubs are closed," said Jean Castex.

All amateur sport, for adults as well as for children, is thus brought to a halt.

However, it will remain possible to have a sporting activity, such as jogging, very fashionable during the first period of confinement, but "individual and in the open air", for a maximum of one hour and within a perimeter of one kilometer around his home. , specified the Prime Minister.

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Authorized individual practices 

"Only individual and outdoor activities such as jogging will be authorized in this specific context, sports halls and gymnasiums will be closed and outdoor team sports, football, basketball, rugby, etc., prohibited", he insisted.

Sports halls, gymnasiums and swimming pools, except for those under 18, had already been closed for several weeks as part of health restrictions taken in an attempt to stem the rebound of the coronavirus epidemic.

The Minister for Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, had announced earlier that professional sports competitions will continue during the new period of confinement, while during the first national confinement, between mid-March and the end of May, the Football League 1 and the Top 14 rugby among others could not go until the end of the 2019/2020 season.