coronavirus pandemic.Health experts say that’s a good thing, as skating outdoors offers opportunity for socialization and exercise.
And it poses relatively low risk of coronavirus transmission.So go ahead and lace up those skates, they say, but be mindful of a couple caveats.
Canada adds record 4,060 new coronavirus cases, 32 deaths Sunday Risk goes up if those outdoor ice surfaces become too crowded, says Dr.
Andrew Morris, an infectious disease expert with the University of Toronto, and safety precautions need to be followed in the moments before and after people hit the ice, where spread is more likely to occur.“The activity (of skating) itself is safe, but if you’ve got 20 people in an indoor change room, especially unmasked, maybe.