'People breathe harder when they are exercising, which is the prime way the virus spreads from person to person,' said Presidency director-general Cassius Lubisi.
Carmen Bouwer from the Rock Valley Climbing gym can be seen cleaning the floors at the gym ahead of their hopeful opening on the 1st of July, 25 June 2020, Centurion. Picture: Jacques Nelles
That’s according to the Presidency’s director-general Cassius Lubisi, who defended government’s decision to prohibit the re-opening of gyms and other fitness facilities under level 3 lockdown after the United Gym and Fitness Facilities took government to court challenge the decision. But Lubisi said decisions must be made as to which public activities should be permitted and who should be permitted to enter public spaces, and when.
Lubisi also said activities in which potentially large groups of people are permitted to converge in confined spaces and exercise such as fitness centres and gyms, increases the risk of transmission of Covid-19.He said according to scientific information at government’s disposal, based on research conducted in South Korea soon after its own outbreak, the moist warm air in gyms combined with turbulent airflow from exercising “may create an environment in which droplets can spread easily”.
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