China News Service, June 17th, Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau issued an emergency notice, according to Beijing's epidemic prevention and control situation and prevention and control requirements, from now on suspending the holding of various sports events and the opening of swimming pools and underground spaces Sports facilities and shower facilities in fitness facilities are temporarily suspended from basketball, volleyball, football, and other groups and contact confrontation sports. Opening hours will be notified separately.

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  The full text of the Emergency Notice of the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau on the suspension of the holding of sports events and the opening of some sports and fitness venues is as follows:

  The sports bureaus in the districts, the social undertakings in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Yanshan Sports Center, and the relevant operating units:

  Since June 16, Beijing's emergency response level has been adjusted from level 3 to level 2. According to the complicated and severe prevention and control situation and prevention requirements of this city, in order to effectively protect the health and life safety of the general public, all kinds of sports events will be suspended from now on, and the opening of swimming places, sports and fitness places and underground spaces Shower facilities, suspended development of basketball, volleyball, football and other groups and contact confrontation sports. Opening hours will be notified separately.

  Other open sports and fitness places shall strictly implement the prevention and control measures in accordance with the relevant prevention and control requirements of the Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the Opening of Sports and Fitness Places during the Second-level Emergency Response of the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Outbreak. The municipal and district sports departments should strengthen supervision and inspection, and urge and guide sports fitness places to strictly implement the responsibility of the main body of prevention and control. (Finish)