If, despite the above preventative measures, an athlete does present to the sporting venue with suspected COVID-19, what should I do as a healthcare professional caring for a sports club?Īdvise the athlete to put on a face covering immediately. As per current UK public health recommendations, COVID-19 should be suspected in those with a 3:Īs well as other reported symptoms including diarrhoea. 3 Second, over the coming months as athletes return to sport, there are certain symptoms that we should be alert to and have a high index of suspicion for COVID-19.
In our roles at sporting facilities/sports organisations, what is our responsibility to both the athlete with suspected COVID-19 symptoms and/or who test positive for COVID-19 as well as the other athletes and staff working within this environment?įirst, to minimise the spread of COVID-19, athletes and their support staff need to ensure appropriate physical distancing, hand hygiene, use of face masks, limiting social contacts and considering modified forms of the sport. 1 Athletes and their sports are now slowly returning to a ‘new normal’ during this COVID-19 pandemic, 2 and as athletes return to their sport in the coming months, we are expecting to see a number of athletes who develop suspected COVID-19 symptoms or indeed test positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 had, and continues to have, a significant impact on the 2020 sporting calendar, with the summer Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021 and cancellation of a number of other sporting events and tournaments.
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