Headquarters conclusion: Athletes resume indoor training today

At a meeting of the Emergency Situations Headquarters, the Head of the Headquarters adopted a Conclusion allowing elite athletes and other athletes within the sports system of the Republic of Serbia to resume training in the territory of the Municipality of Kula from 15 May 2020, at all sports facilities in the municipality, except school sports halls (halls in schools). Athletes may resume training provided that all parties (athletes, coaches, authorized representatives of sports clubs, and authorized representatives of sports facilities) ensure compliance with the following preventive measures: Athletes should also comply with the following when arriving, leaving and during training preventive measure: - athletes and coaches are advised to arrive at training individually and, where possible, already dressed in their training gear, avoiding the use of changing rooms; - shared auxiliary spaces, such as changing rooms and showers, may be used only if the space can be disinfected after each use; - whenever possible, training should be organized outdoors; - during individual training, athletes are advised to maintain a distance of at least 5 meters; - for training in contact sports where physical distancing between coaches and athletes is not possible, it is recommended that the same coach and athlete always train together;                  - athletes should use their own personal hygiene items (soap, towel, etc.);                  - during training, athletes should use only their own water bottle; sports drinks and protein supplements should not be shared with anyone else (the same applies to any food consumed during training);

• when not in training, athletes should observe all physical distancing measures as a preventive measure.

II. Organizers of training, in cooperation with the responsible persons and management of sports facilities, should comply with the following preventive measure: - a system for keeping a record of training must be established for each session (details of the coach, athletes, technical staff and other personnel participating in the training; training time and location); - upon arrival at training, the organizer must ask each athlete, coach, and other technical and support staff participating in the session whether they have any symptoms that may indicate a viral infection (fever, cough, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc.). If any symptoms are present, the athlete should not be admitted to the facility; they should be asked to leave the training session and referred to a healthcare professional;

• if any athlete, coach, technical staff member or other person at training develops any symptom during training that may indicate a COVID-19 infection, training must be stopped immediately and the person with symptoms referred to a doctor;
• the training organizer must provide a separate bin for all used plastic and other packaging, as well as paper tissues and paper towels, whose contents are to be placed after training in a separately sealed plastic bag and then disposed of as municipal waste;
• hand sanitizing products should be provided in the sports facility where the training takes place or which is used for the training;
• Before and after training, the training organizer should disinfect the fixed sports equipment used by athletes during training;
• before and after each training session, all balls, as well as other sports equipment used during training, must be disinfected with a product containing at least 70% alcohol;
• the training organizer must keep a separate record of each training session held, listing the names of all persons who were present, for possible subsequent epidemiological contact tracing;

                                                            - training organizers, in cooperation with the management of sports facilities, must ensure that there is a minimum interval of 15 minutes between two training sessions in the schedule;                  - all indoor spaces used by athletes, coaches, technical staff or other personnel must be regularly ventilated naturally by opening doors and windows. Weather permitting, the windows may be kept open at all times to ensure natural ventilation;                  - the use of central air conditioning is not permitted;                  - all persons working in facilities used by sports teams must wear protective masks at all times and comply with all other established preventive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.