PUTRAJAYA, June 19 — The reopening of swimming pools for training is allowed beginning June 25 subject to the standard operating procedure (SOP) which will be announced by the Youth and Sports Ministry.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said non-contact training activities including platform diving and diving by session and is subject to the limit on the number of people at any one time based on the pool’s capacity.
He said the permission is given to the national, state, as well as club and swimming academy athletes involved in training programmes and also for participants of training programmes by stages such as the learning to swim programme.
“Participants should follow the SOP to be announced by Youth and Sports Ministry such as registration using the MySejahtera apps, three to five metres social distancing and others,” he said in a media conference after the special ministerial meeting on the movement control order here today.
Ismail Sabri said swimming pool operators, swimming clubs and academies should register their reopening notifications with the International Trade and Industry Ministry on https://notification.miti.gov.my for the purpose of SOP compliance and monitoring by KBS.
— Bernama
