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Rockford Park District issued the following announcement on Aug. 12
HEALTH & SAFETY UPDATE
The Rockford Park District is located in Winnebago County, which is currently identified as an area of high transmission for COVID-19.
As a result, additional precautions are currently in place for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines.
INDOOR SPORTS
Individuals ages 2-18 who can medically tolerate a mask, regardless of vaccination status, must wear a mask and maintain physical distancing to the extent possible.
The IDPH sports guidelines require that masks be worn indoors during all youth recreational sports. This includes during gameplay and during sports-related activities that do not occur during gameplay, such as on the sideline or bench, in the locker room, during team meetings, in the weight room, on the team bus or when carpooling, or during meals, especially when eating indoors. (Individuals may remove masks when eating or drinking indoors but should do so while maintaining physical distancing to extent possible, at a recommended distance of 6 feet from others.)
OUTDOOR SPORTS
Regardless of vaccination status, individuals may engage in training, competition, and other active exercise without wearing a mask for all sports played outdoors.
As recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics, individuals who are not fully vaccinated are encouraged to wear a mask in crowded outdoor settings or during activities that involve sustained close contact with other people who are not fully vaccinated, particularly in areas of substantial to high transmission. This recommendation applies to training, competition, and other active exercise, and contacts with other unvaccinated individuals that do not occur during gameplay, such as on the sideline or bench, in the locker room, during team meetings, in the weight room, on the team bus or when carpooling, or during meals, especially when eating indoors.
SPECTATOR MASK POLICY
All spectators, regardless of vaccination status, should wear a mask in attendance at indoor youth sports events
For outdoor youth sports events, spectators who are not fully vaccinated should wear a mask when unable to maintain recommended physical distance of at least 6 feet from non-household members or when the event is held in a community with substantial to high transmission. Spectators who are fully vaccinated may attend outdoor youth sports events without wearing a mask, though they may choose to do so in crowded settings or if they or someone in their household is immunocompromised.
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