China News Service, Beijing, May 6 (Chen Hang) Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at the press conference on the 6th that outdoor sports do not need to wear masks in principle, but close contact with others should be avoided.
At present, overseas epidemic situations continue to spread, and there are sporadic cases and clustered epidemic outbreaks in individual provinces within the territory. Importation of foreign defense and rebound of internal defense are important tasks of current epidemic prevention and control. While actively and orderly resuming work, resuming production, resuming business and resuming the market, the public must not be paralyzed to prevent loosening, loopholes, and rebound.
Liu Xiaofeng said that proper physical exercise is good for physical and mental health and enhances physical fitness, but people who participate in physical exercise must protect themselves when entering and leaving physical fitness venues, and integrate various prevention and control measures into daily life.
Liu Xiaofeng mentioned that when people go to the sports grounds by subway or bus, they should follow the prevention and control requirements of the traffic management department, and especially wear masks when taking subways and buses.
People going to the stadium should abide by the regulations of relevant departments, use health treasures and other methods to verify the status and enter the stadium. In principle, outdoor sports do not need to wear masks, but close contact with others should be avoided.
Open sports and fitness venues should focus on track and field and table tennis, badminton, tennis and other net sports. It is not suitable to organize football, volleyball, basketball and other group physical confrontation sports for the time being.
Hand hygiene should be maintained after using or touching public sports equipment. Do not touch the mouth, nose, and eyes with hands before washing.
Avoid crowd chatting during exercise breaks, keep a safe social distance, and wear masks when there are many scenes.
After the event or after returning home, take a shower in time, change clothes, and maintain hand hygiene. (Finish)