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Outdoor sports to return from 29 March

Monday, 22 February 2021 10:54

By Mark Frost X @Mark_P_reporter

Outdoor sports will return from 29 March as part of the government's plan to ease lockdown restrictions.

Sports including football, golf and tennis will resume following a three month ban due to the ongoing nature of Covid-19. It is currently unclear as to when gyms will be allowed to reopen.

Commenting on the announcement, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahaw said: "Outdoor is safer and therefore we prioritise versus indoor," he told LBC.

"Outdoor sports - tennis, golf, outdoor organised team sports, grassroots football - will go back on 29 March.

"At the moment, it's outdoors versus indoors. Outdoors is the priority because it's where the transmission rates are much, much, much lower."

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