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Mainz (dpa / lrs) - The Rhineland-Palatinate Interior and Sports Minister Roger Lewentz (SPD) considers a decision on early vaccination of athletes for the Olympic and Paralympics in the summer to be sensible "if the vaccination has become more normal".
Then there could be a push to vaccinate this "comparatively small group" of young people against Corona earlier than it is their turn, said the new chairman of the state sports ministers' conference in Mainz on Monday.
He did not name a point in time.
Sport and health must be understood as a unit, demanded Lewentz.
After the pandemic, a mass movement had to be initiated with the federal government that would tie in with the trim movement.
Free hands-on activities in public spaces are intended to motivate people to exercise, exercise and lead a healthier life.
When the restrictions on popular and club sports could be relaxed in the pandemic, it cannot be foreseen yet.
“The next week will be decisive in how things develop,” he said, referring to the number of infections.
The SPD politician does not see a return to sport, for example in the Bundesliga with viewers like before the pandemic, “in the foreseeable future”.
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"We want the clubs to survive the corona pandemic and that the sport can take place again as a club sport," emphasized Lewentz.
That is why economic and association aid are important.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, 191 of the approximately 6,300 associations with their 1.4 million members have applied for emergency aid, 81 applications have been approved and around 433,000 euros have been paid out so far.
21 applications are still being processed.
The two-year chairmanship of Rhineland-Palatinate in the conference of sports ministers will also focus on the prevention of sexual violence, the fight against racism and the promotion of inclusion.
He wanted to campaign for Olympic and para-Olympic athletes to be promoted to the same extent as in Rhineland-Palatinate.
"Racism in sport is unfortunately more topical than ever," said Lewentz.
Athletes would have to be shown legal ways of how they could stand up for their comrades if they oppose racism.
In organized sport in the eGaming sector, prejudices must be broken down.
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