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Doha
Gym goers and staff are now required to wear face masks all the time while they are inside gyms in Qatar, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday.
The ministry has also made it mandatory for fitness centres to have all their equipment cleaned and disinfected every two hours throughout the period they remain open.
These are some of the amendments made by ministry to the conditions for fitness centres.
Gyms and health clubs recently reopened their doors to public at limited capacity after being shut down for several months due to COVID-19.
The rest of the conditions are:
*Body temperatures of everyone entering the gyms are to checked and should be below 38 degrees Celsius
*COVID-19 contact tracing app Ehteraz should be installed in the smartphones of all gym goers and only those with green colour code should be allowed in
*During workouts, people must maintain a safe distance of at least 3 metres from one another
*Group training is prohibited. A trainer is allowed to train only one person at a time and there should be a gap of at least 3 metres between him/her and the trainee at all times
*Gym and fitness centres are obligated to close toilets and changing rooms and provide hand sanitizers and soap to users.
*Gym goers are encouraged to bring their own towels, sanitizers and water bottles
*These decisions shall be effective as of September 8, 2020 (Tuesday) and it is subject to amendments.
Doha
Gym goers and staff are now required to wear face masks all the time while they are inside gyms in Qatar, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday.
The ministry has also made it mandatory for fitness centres to have all their equipment cleaned and disinfected every two hours throughout the period they remain open.
These are some of the amendments made by ministry to the conditions for fitness centres.
Gyms and health clubs recently reopened their doors to public at limited capacity after being shut down for several months due to COVID-19.
The rest of the conditions are:
*Body temperatures of everyone entering the gyms are to checked and should be below 38 degrees Celsius
*COVID-19 contact tracing app Ehteraz should be installed in the smartphones of all gym goers and only those with green colour code should be allowed in
*During workouts, people must maintain a safe distance of at least 3 metres from one another
*Group training is prohibited. A trainer is allowed to train only one person at a time and there should be a gap of at least 3 metres between him/her and the trainee at all times
*Gym and fitness centres are obligated to close toilets and changing rooms and provide hand sanitizers and soap to users.
*Gym goers are encouraged to bring their own towels, sanitizers and water bottles
*These decisions shall be effective as of September 8, 2020 (Tuesday) and it is subject to amendments.
