The Ministries of Health and Sports have approved the new outline of activities for the 2020/1 season: Each team will appoint a "Corona Commissioner", who will be responsible for implementing the guidelines • Players will be able to go to places of entertainment while following all the guidelines

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Good news for Premier League basketball players. The Ministries of Health and Sports today (Thursday) approved the outline of activities for the 2020/21 season for the professional league teams. The main implication: Premier League players will no longer be charged with isolation and will be able to go out to sea or other places of entertainment.

The outline submitted by the League Director, after many discussions held over the past few months includes the following principles:

 Corona Supervisor: Each team will appoint a "Corona Supervisor" for each team and each facility (training and games). The Corona Supervisor will be responsible for implementing the various guidelines that will be passed from time to time by the Director and / or the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.

Isolation / conduct of the players and the officials: As of 28/08/2020, the players will be able to leave their homes beyond the group's activities, while maintaining the following principles:

A. Avoiding gatherings or attending mass events.

B. Avoid staying in public places where people walk around without masks, such as bars, clubs, pools, gyms, etc.

At each exit from the house, the players will adhere to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health with extreme care, with an emphasis on wearing a mask, the rules of social distance and maintaining hygiene.

Professional and administrative staff (managers, assistant coaches, medical professionals, housekeepers, administration, etc.) and the judging team, will not be required to isolate and observe every time leaving the house, keep the distance rules and wear masks (except the professional staff who actually participate in training during training and staff And the players who will be listed on the official game form at the time of the games, as well as the refereeing team during the game.) These teams will avoid contact with the players as much as possible.

As was the case in the previous game season, the activity of the players and staff in training and games will be subject to compliance with health tests as defined by the Ministry of Health.

• To the extent that a player (or team member / manager who has been in direct contact with a player / s) finds positive for the virus or alternatively, a player or team member / manager is exposed to a verified patient outside the training / games complex, all team players and team members who came in contact with the patient Verified corona tests. In addition, all relevant players and staff will enter home insulation in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health. During the home isolation period, players and team members will be able to go to team training and games / activities only.

• Tested that his test will be positive, will remain in full home isolation in accordance with the rules of the Ministry of Health and will not return to activity until it is defined by medical authorities as recovering from the corona virus.

• Tested that his test will be found negative, will complete the period of home isolation according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, but will be allowed to go out during the official activities of the group (training, games, shared with the group, medical tests, etc.) only.

• Player (s) and / or staff members who discover symptoms of the disease as defined by the Ministry of Health, will undergo a corona examination and until a negative answer is received, will remain in complete isolation without the possibility of leaving for team activities.

The chairman of the administration, Erez Kalfon: "After hard work that included many discussions, the Ministry of Health has determined the outline of activities for the 2020/21 game season. I wholeheartedly believe that the outline that has been approved, will allow the start and end of the game season properly. There will no doubt be many difficulties and challenges along the way and it is clear that we will have to give a point-by-point solution to any problem of infection or exposure to patients who will be in teams as is done these days, but the outline of activities will allow the games with minimal sports injury.

 "I would like to thank the Minister of Health, Yuli Edelstein, the Minister of Culture and Sports, Hili Trooper, and the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, Professor Itamar Grotto, who worked nights and hours to approve the outline so that we can hold professional football activities this season, enjoy hundreds of thousands of fans." Of thousands of families.

 I expect the team managers, coaches and players to show responsibility and internalize the importance of keeping the rules of the Ministry of Health. We allowed the players to get out of the home isolation, however they should avoid inventing places that might endanger their health and the continued operation of the league. Please take great responsibility and act accordingly. "