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Public Health requirements Sports and Extracurricular Activities (12- to 17-year-olds)

December 07, 2021

Test for sports1.jpgAs of December 6, 2021, public health orders require youth aged 12 to 17 years participating in indoor sporting and recreational facilities (including schools) to: 

  • Prove they have received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine for COVID-19. 

OR

  • Provide evidence of a negative result from an approved rapid antigen test within 72 hours of participation.  

Note: Youth 18 years old and up are required to be fully vaccinated. 

Note: The public health orders do not apply to physical education, intramurals, fitness rooms, or any other physical activity that is part of the instructional day and take place on the youth's school grounds. The public health orders do apply to school sports activities outside of the school day or off-site at recreational facilities and sports activities of permit holders on our grounds.

​COVID-19 immunization information

​Student COVID-19 immunization information will be collected at the onset of each sporting activity:

  • Students may demonstrate one of:
    • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination through physical or electronic copies of their vaccination card. Photocopies of vaccination cards are not acceptable.
    • Information printed directly from the Shared Health site in terms of students with a single dose or who have not yet received a vaccination card. 
  • Should a student not be able to provide valid proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, a pharmacist-confirmed negative test result from an approved rapid antigen test is required within 72 hours of participation.

Testing 

Youth choosing to test are responsible for the cost of rapid antigen testing. Families are encouraged to contact their local pharmacy to confirm if they provide approved rapid antigen testing. In addition, pharmacies set their own prices for the service, so people are encouraged to ask about the cost.

Provincial testing sites should only be accessed by symptomatic individuals and those required to take a PCR test by public health officials. These sites will not provide testing for asymptomatic students requiring a negative COVID-19 test for extracurricular sporting activities. 

Students are not allowed to participate/attend sporting activities if proof of at least one dose of an approved vaccination is not provided to the school, or a negative result from a pharmacist-approved rapid antigen test within 72 hours of participation is not produced. 

Note: Further information on how schools will proceed in gathering information from students for eligible extracurricular programs will be provided by each school.

More information

​For information on proof of vaccination, the scope of the orders, and how to collect and manage personal health information, visit: https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/testing/testing-youth-indoor-sports.html  

​Additional information is also available in a fact sheet.

 


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