COVID-19: LATEST INFORMATION for tennis
At TennisCT, playing tennis safely during the COVID-19 pandemic is most important to us. We always try to provide the latest health updates from the medical community at large, and recommend everyone follow the guidance of their state and local officials. On this page, we will continue to share updates about playing tennis safely during the pandemic.
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Tennis balls don’t transmit Covid.
Read our blog post here.
"Objects passed from one player to another have not been assessed for their ability to transmit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We found that the surface of sport balls, notably a football, tennis ball, golf ball, and cricket ball could not harbour inactivated virus when it was swabbed onto the surface, even for 30 seconds."
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Read our blog post called “Going Beyond the Mask” about how clubs are making indoor tennis safer with next-level technology that disinfects and neutralizes 99.9% of Coronavirus particles in the air and on surfaces. Be safe, be healthy and be committed to places that provide better air quality.
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A new risk assessment of many common activities shows once again that tennis is ranked as one of the safest activities you can do in the prevention of COVID.
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Doctors and health experts rate tennis as one of the safest activities you can do in this COVID-19 age. It is one of two activities that possess the lowest risk factor of contracting the virus. Click here to read the article in the NY Post.
