Gyms and swimming pools may remain open to minors who play sports in clubs and associations, the sports ministry said on Friday.
On Wednesday evening, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, announced the closure of these infrastructures in "heightened alert" zones.
Gyms and swimming pools may remain open to minors who play sports in clubs and associations, the Sports Ministry told AFP on Friday after a meeting with players in the sports world.
On Wednesday evening, the Minister of Health announced that in the heightened alert zone (Paris, Lille, Toulouse, Saint-Etienne, Rennes, Rouen, Grenoble, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Lyon and Nice), sports halls and gymnasiums would be "closed" because they "are important places of contamination" in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic.
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The infrastructures are also open to top athletes and STAPS students
This announcement had left the world of amateur sport stunned, while this sector was slowly making its comeback, after the spring containment.
Minors will therefore still be able to practice, in the continuity of the PE lessons at school.
The equipment will also be open to high-level athletes and STAPS students.
However, adults in this area will not be able to use the gymnasium or the swimming pool.
They will have to play sports outdoors.
Discussions must still be held between town halls and prefectures for the development of these measures.