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<p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental
health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus. That’s why we made sure that people
could exercise at least once a day even during the height of lockdown - and why we
opened up grassroots sport and leisure facilities as soon as it was safe to do so.</p><p>
</p><p>Nobody wanted to be in the position of having to introduce further National
Restrictions. However as the Prime Minister said, with the virus spreading faster
than expected we cannot allow our health system to be overwhelmed. Therefore, from
Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December indoor and outdoor leisure will need
to close. The National Restrictions are designed to get the R rate under control through
limiting social contact and reducing transmissions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In
order for these measures to have the greatest impact, we will all need to sacrifice
doing some things that we would otherwise like to do, for a short period of time.
We have not introduced further exemptions because when you unpick at one activity
the effectiveness of the whole package is compromised. As soon as we're in a position
to start lifting restrictions, grassroots sports will be one of the first to return.</p><p><strong>
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