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MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH <br />COVID-19 Organized Sports <br />Practice and Games Guidance for <br />Youth and Adults <br />3/14/2021 <br />Executive Order 21-11 will begin Monday, March 15, 2021, at 12 p.m. (noon) and does not have an <br />end date. Effective Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at 11:59 p.m., larger venues, restaurants, gyms, and <br />pools will be able to expand their occupancy per the Stay Safe Guidance. Effective Wednesday, April <br />14, 2021, at 11:59 p.m., the requirement to work from home shifts to a strong recommendation. <br />The Stay Safe MN website may be updated with Frequently Asked Questions about the Governor's <br />Executive Orders and related industry guidance. These Frequently Asked Questions may also include <br />clarifications to the requirements and recommendations in Executive Orders and guidance. Frequently <br />Asked Questions about Stay Safe MN (mn.gov/covidl9/stay-safe/fag/index.osp) or Stay Safe Guidance <br />for Businesses and Organizations (staysafe.mn.gov/industry-guidance/index.0sp) may have additional <br />clarifications about requirements and recommendations. <br />Face coverings must be worn by all people at all times, including practices and games, with only a few <br />exceptions (see "Follow Face Covering Requirements" section, below). <br />Please note: Counties experiencing increased activity or clusters of B117 should consider pausing <br />sports for two weeks. If pausing sports isn't possible, then entire teams should be tested on at least a <br />weekly basis, especially 72 hours prior to a game and then again the week after a game. <br />Updates to this document include: <br />✓ The definition of organized sports (page 2) <br />✓ A link to a report on masking in youth sports (page 7) <br />✓ Guidance for athletes on how to acclimate to wearing a face covering during practices and <br />competitions (pages 7, 8) <br />✓ Promoting testing both for those athletes in K-12 and those participating in wrestling (page 8) <br />✓ Increased pod size for outdoors from 25 to 50 (page 9) <br />✓ Clarification of concession requirements (page 11) <br />✓ Guidance around contact tracing on buses and vans (page 15) <br />1of18 <br />