{"id":7476,"date":"2020-07-29T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7476"},"modified":"2020-07-29T11:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T11:35:32","slug":"new-covid-19-compliance-rules-for-gyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/new-covid-19-compliance-rules-for-gyms\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW COVID-19 COMPLIANCE RULES FOR GYMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New rules will be introduced across NSW requiring gyms and fitness centres to register their COVID Safety Plan, and have a dedicated hygiene marshall on duty at all times.<br \/>\nMinister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said these extra measures are necessary to stop the spread of the virus and take effect from 12.01am on Saturday 1 August.<br \/>\n\u201cWe cannot afford to take any risks or allow complacency to creep in. Businesses must take all reasonable steps to reduce the risk of COVID transmission or risk facing a fine or closure,\u201d Mr Dominello said.<br \/>\n\u201cGyms play a crucial role in the promotion of health and fitness across our community but they are not immune from this challenge. Without proper COVID safeguards, they may present a transmission risk and that is why we need operators to put their customers first by registering their COVID Safety Plan.<br \/>\n\u201cWhether it\u2019s maintaining social distancing, cleaning equipment after use or making hand sanitiser available for customers, these dedicated COVID Safe Hygiene Marshalls will play a pivotal role in keeping gyms safe and compliant.\u201d<br \/>\nNSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said this is a critical time in our response to COVID-19.<br \/>\n\u201cMembers of the community and business have important roles to play. Gyms support people maintain their health and wellbeing. I ask that patrons cooperate with Hygiene Marshalls to keep people safe,\u201d Dr Chant said.<br \/>\nFor the latest information visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.nsw.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New rules will be introduced across NSW requiring gyms and fitness centres to register their COVID Safety Plan, and have a dedicated hygiene marshall on duty at all times. Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said these extra measures are necessary to stop the spread of the virus and take effect from 12.01am on Saturday &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/new-covid-19-compliance-rules-for-gyms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NEW COVID-19 COMPLIANCE RULES FOR GYMS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}