Covid-19 Guidance and Support
The health and safety of all Essex Met members is very important to us and we continue to follow England Netball and Government guidelines in Living with Covid published in 2022; COVID-19 Response – Living with COVID-19.docx. Whilst the legal requirement to self-isolate if testing positive has been removed, we are encouraged to take personal responsibility concerning COVID-19, and self-isolation is still recommended. Therefore, if you test positive or display symptoms of COVID-19, you should not attend netball activity.
What does this mean for netball?
England Netball recommends the Netball Family maintains best practice and for netball organisers to continue to utilise many elements of our previous COVID-19 guidance. This should help keep the transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases to a minimum. Here is EN’s core guidance:
- Anybody who has tested positive or is displaying symptoms of COVID-19 should not attend netball activity. We recommend that all netball organisations continue to share this with their members/participants.
- Sanitisation of hands and equipment should continue.
- Risk Assessments and Risk Mitigation plans should continue to be completed for any activity – these should continue to cover the risk of COVID-19 and its spread during netball activity. Any existing Risk Assessments produced may still be relevant and can still be used.
