Government encourages physical activity and blocks access to fitness clubs: KIG

The most important state institutions, including the Ministry of Health, encourage Poles to be physically active also during a pandemic, and at the same time block access to sports infrastructure, notes Andrzej Arendarski, President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG), in an open letter to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The President of the KIG emphasized that the government did not have – or at least did not make them public – the results of research conducted in Poland that would indicate the real scale of the risk of Covid-19 infection in fitness clubs and other sports facilities.

"The direct, confirmed by research, translation of the availability of this infrastructure into the level of physical activity is underestimated. In other words, the possibility of using training facilities has a significant impact on public health. An appropriate lifestyle, the ability to exercise translates into immunity and, consequently, reduces the risk of a severe course of Covid-19," the letter reads.

In times of pandemic, care for public health is of course a key issue. However, this care should be understood as not only adapting health care to new conditions, but also emphasizing the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, e.g. regular physical activity that affects mental health, increases the body's immunity and is of fundamental importance in the prevention of civilization diseases, was noted.

(ISBnews)