Gyms and other indoor amenities were able to open Friday in counties that were in excessive threat of COVID-19 spreading for the first time since November 2020.
These come with amenities in Marion, Polk and Lane counties.
The state on Friday issued detailed regulations for the opening of those counties. Here’s what you want to know.
Indoor recreation and fitness services include fitness centers, K-12 indoor sports, indoor school sports, fitness organizations, indoor recreational sports and indoor pools.
Indoor entertainment amenities include aquariums; indoor theatres, stadiums and concert halls; Interior gardens; indoor museums and other indoor entertainment activities.
Facilities with 500 square feet or more can accommodate up to six customers, adding employees. Multi-room facilities can accommodate six visitors according to the room, up to 24 in total.
The number selected because it matches the guidelines of indoor meetings, public fitness officials said at a news convention on Friday.
Facilities less than 500 square feet may have a consumer and an employee.
On recreational and fitness facilities, visitors are limited to forty-five minutes. Persons from other families must maintain a minimum of 25 feet of physical distance. It is forbidden to eat and drink, for individual bottles of water.
In indoor entertainment facilities, others from other families must maintain a minimum physical distance of six feet. It is forbidden to eat and drink.
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Both types of services should ensure that everyone wears masks, where this is not possible, such as swimming or showering, and workers must adhere to cleaning protocols.
Oregon Senior Centers must remain closed for the time being.
“Extreme risk” counties replace every two weeks. Until February 11, they are:
Tracy Loew is a reporter for the Statesman Journal. Se can contact her at tloew@statesmanjournal. com, 503-399-6779 or on Twitter at Tracy_Loew. Support journalism by subscribing to the Statesman Journal.