Without changing rooms, the gyms and swimming pools of the City reopen in a new stage of quarantine

Nora Sanchez

10/24/2020 15:30

• Clarín.com

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Updated 10/24/2020 3:30 PM

After more than seven months of being closed,

be able to reopen in the City with a capacity of 25%, in this new phase of the quarantine.

Also the

.

The changing rooms may not be used, although in the case of the pools they will allow the change of wet clothes.

And you will have to get used to cold water: its air conditioning will be prohibited.

Both openings were announced this Friday by the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, when he reported how the quarantine continues.

The protocols to be applied were presented to the national government for approval.

Once this step has been completed, they will be published in the Official Gazette of the City to become effective.

For

, the proposed protocol establishes that to attend it will be mandatory to

.

Is that the maximum occupancy allowed will be up to

, depending on the ventilation of the establishment.

The cap will be authorized in those with ten air changes per hour.

If they are less, the percentage of occupancy allowed will also be lower.

The

can be natural or with central air conditioning with an outside air intake.

The access doors to the collective spaces will be kept open to promote air circulation.

At the same time, the gym should have intensified cleaning and disinfection schemes for all surfaces.

The establishment will have to organize a shift system for the different activities.

To get one, the user must answer an obvious question by now: "Do you have symptoms of coronavirus?"

If the answer is negative, you can appear on the day and at the indicated time, of course, wearing a mask.

An item that can only be removed while doing physical activity.

Between each use, the devices must be disinfected.

Photo Orlando Pelichotti / Los Andes

The recommendation is to

for the development of the activity to be carried out.

Backpacks must be left in a specific sector, because the user can only enter the area to exercise with the essentials.

Like for example, your own bottle of water.

Before starting the practice, users and teachers should wash their hands with soap and water or disinfect them with 70% alcohol or alcohol gel.

At all times you must 

from other people.

This means, for example, that the teacher will not be able to get close to his students.

And they will not be able to develop activities that imply physical contact.

The protocol includes a recommendation:

.

And in case these generate an increase in the respiratory rate, keep an even greater distance from others, of at least six meters.

The changing rooms will not be enabled.

Photo Orlando Pelichotti / Los Andes

Classes may last up to an hour.

Materials cannot be shared at any time during the training session.

Each user will have

(mats, elastic bands, free weight elements, etc.).

The hygiene of these kits will be done before and after each class and will be supervised by the teachers.

All machines will also be disinfected between use and use.

After finishing the activity, there will be no third time: you will have to retire.

There will be no changing rooms either, meaning that

.

Yes, damages will be enabled, but for "sanitary use", not for changes of clothes.

The

of clubs and public and private institutions will also be enabled, both for swimming practice and, when the heat arrives, for recreational purposes.

Neither will you be able to use their changing rooms.

With one exception:

.

In no case may the showers be used.

And only one person will be allowed to enter every 15 m2.

The outdoor swimming pools will also be inhabited.

The establishments must have a register of attendees, with their contact information, which they must keep for at least 15 days.

And the activities should also be organized by granting shifts.

The capacity

will be one person every 15 m2, to guarantee a distance of two meters.

The same limits must be observed around the pool.

The use of a mask will be mandatory except at the time of the activity.

The pool must be outdoors, without a roof or side walls or partitions, unless these can remain open to allow free circulation of air.

And the water will be at room temperature, because

.

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