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Premier Mark McGowan has announced a further lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in a four-phase WA roadmap.

This provides a clear path towards the recommencement of our 2020 football season. The two key parts relating to football were:

1) The limit on indoor and outdoor gatherings will be lifted from 10 to 20 people from Monday, 18 May, 2020.

Allowing gatherings of up to 20 people means community clubs can conduct non-contact training sessions with ALL players in a team together. Safe social distancing rules will still apply.

2) Phase Three, anticipated to be four weeks later, will allow for the resumption of contact sport.

In essence, this can be viewed as a month-long pre-season as we build towards bringing back our formal competitions.

Football West urges everyone in the community to continue to follow the expert health guidelines, practise safe social distancing and stay home if we are feeling unwell.

To coincide with the start of Phase Two of the roadmap on 18 May, the WA Government issued a COVID Safety Plan and Guidelines for sport and recreation venues, as well as a template document for clubs to plan how their staff and patrons can be kept safe during the pandemic.

Both can be found below under Latest Football Information.

LATEST FOOTBALL INFORMATION

The following COVID-19 Response Management Plan templates have been developed as guidelines only that may be adapted to support Associations, clubs, match officials and players in their response to COVID19 for training activities. Further templates will be provided by WA State Government in coming days to support the response to COVID-19 as well as additional guidelines from Football West relating to match-day requirements.

If you have any questions, please email clubsupport@footballwest.com.au

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Information about routine environmental cleaning and disinfection in the community:

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/04/coronavirus-covid-19-information-about-routine-environmental-cleaning-and-disinfection-in-the-community_0.pdf

Good Hygiene for Coronavirus

https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others-from-coronavirus-covid-19/good-hygiene-for-coronavirus-covid-19

WA Government General Information – including on good hygiene

https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-the-premier-and-cabinet/covid-19-coronavirus-general-information

Mental Health and COVID-19

https://www.thinkmentalhealthwa.com.au/mental-health-and-covid-19/

Environmental cleaning in non-healthcare settings

 https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Files/Corporate/general%20documents/Infectious%20diseases/PDF/Coronavirus/COVID19-Environmental-Cleaning-for-workplaces.pdf

AIS Level A – General Hygiene measures

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/05/australian-institute-of-sport-ais-framework-for-rebooting-sport-in-a-covid-19-environment.pdf

  • No sharing of exercise equipment or communal facilities.
  • Apply personal hygiene measures even when training away from group facilities — hand hygiene regularly during training (hand sanitisers) plus strictly pre and post training.
  • Do not share drink bottles or towels.
  • Do not attend training if unwell (contact doctor).
  • Spitting and clearing of nasal/respiratory secretions on ovals or other sport settings must be strongly discouraged

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