While gyms and fitness facilities provide important services that help people maintain their physical and emotional well-being, they also can pose significant risks to public health in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because they often involve heavy respiration and communal use of high-touch equipment in an indoor environment, gyms and fitness facilities must take extra precautions to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission for clients and staff. Gyms and fitness facilities are strongly urged to move activities and equipment outdoors wherever possible, given the current best evidence of much lower risk of COVID-19 transmission outdoors.
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