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Written by: Yan Minghui
2020-12-01 17:42
Last update date: 2020-12-01 17:43
Hong Kong has entered the fourth wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. After runners and mountain friends have enjoyed short "freedom" days, they must be careful when running on the sports field or on the street.
The government will tighten a number of epidemic prevention measures on Wednesday (December 2), including the gathering restriction order and the mask order. What impact will this have on runners and mountain friends?
Under what circumstances must I wear a mask?
Under what circumstances can be exempted?
Based on the latest government announcement and inquired with the Food and Health Bureau, we got the following answers.
1. According to the law,
do I need to wear a mask when I
go to an
indoor sports field or gym
?
Must wear a mask.
People in fitness centers and indoor sports premises must wear masks at all times. They are only exempted from showers and eating and drinking.
The epidemic is severe, and runners must be more careful and strengthen personal hygiene.
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2. According to the law,
do I need to wear a mask when I
go to
an outdoor sports field to
run?
You can choose not to wear a mask.
In sports premises, only three cases are exempt from wearing masks, namely showering, eating and drinking and outdoor sports.
3. According to the law,
do I need to wear a mask for running
in the
street or in the park
?
You can choose not to wear a mask.
The government continued the mandatory wearing of masks under the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Wearing Masks) Regulations (Chapter 599I), which still has an exemption clause as long as the person is performing physical activities (including sports) in places other than indoors.
4. What counts as
physical activity
?
The law does not have a clear definition, which varies from person to person, and cannot be generalized.
The original text of the law states that the activity can reasonably be regarded as physically exhausting to the person.
Although the country park area is exempted from the gathering restriction order, you should pay attention to the gathering restriction order when meeting friends on the mountain.
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5. On the legislation,
hiking
time not to wear a mask?
You can choose not to wear a mask.
As in the above question, as long as the person is performing physical activities (including sports) in a non-indoor place, he is exempt from wearing a mask.
In addition, outdoor public places in country parks and special areas are exempt from wearing masks.
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6.
What should I pay attention to when I ask a
friend
to go for a run or participate in a
running class
?
The government has tightened the gathering restriction to two people. Even team sports such as football and basketball are not exempted, let alone running!
According to the schedule of the government press announcement, each team in the sports premises must not exceed 2 people, and there must be sufficient distance or effective separation between the teams.
Sufficient distance means that there is a distance of at least 1.5 meters between the two; effective separation means that there is some form of partition between the two to make an effective separation.
In short, the team training is limited to 2 people, and the running shift becomes 1 to 1.
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