The incumbent Chief Medical Officer of Health of Yukon has decided to continue high-intensity training courses as long as participants provide evidence that they are vaccinated.
When new emergency measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 were announced for the first time last week, Dr. Catherine Elliot announced the end of the class.
But it reversed course in a press release on Saturday.
“The incumbent health authority has revoked its recommendation to suspend high-intensity training units,” it said. “The benefits of allowing high-intensity sports and activities were seen as greater at the time than the benefits of stopping all high-intensity activities.”
High-intensity training courses as well as other high-intensity sports such as hockey, basketball and football may continue with a vaccination certificate, it said.
The vaccination record system, which went into effect on Saturday, applies to a range of settings including restaurants, ticketed events, fitness facilities and personal service businesses, and religious and cultural gatherings.
Other measures, which also went into effect on Saturday, include mask requirements in all indoor and outdoor public areas where physical distancing is not possible, as well as capacity limits for indoor and outdoor gatherings.
Face-to-face meetings are now limited to up to 10 people from two households “if all eligible persons are vaccinated”. The limit is set on a household if someone is unvaccinated.
Organized gatherings such as conferences and weddings are limited to 25 people with proof of vaccination for indoor events, while outdoor gatherings can accommodate up to 50 people.
Tickets for events with seating, as well as religious and cultural gatherings, are limited to the lower value – 25 people or 50 percent of the event capacity – with required proof of vaccination. Gyms and fitness centers are subject to the same occupancy restrictions.
In bars, restaurants and nightclubs with a limit of six people per table and a change between tables, people must also provide proof of vaccination for table service.
The area said the new measures will last until at least December 3.
