A senior minister has revealed the date when some sport will be allowed in England, but has remained tight-lipped over the reopening of gyms.
Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said outdoor sports are due to return on March 29, including organised team sports, but declined to say when gyms could reopen.
“The simple way to look at this is that outdoor is safer and therefore we prioritise versus indoor,” he told LBC.
“Outdoor sports – tennis, golf, outdoor organised team sports, grassroots football – will go back on March 29.”
Pushed on when gyms and fitness centres could reopen, he added: “At the moment, it’s outdoors versus indoors. Outdoors is the priority because it’s where the transmission rates are much, much, much lower.”
