The Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 2020-0001 on Sports has issued supplemental guidelines for the conduct of bubble training of the national athletes bound for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam later this year.
The joint order was made by the signatory agencies – the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Games and Amusements Board (GAB), and the Department of Health (DOH). It applies only to the members of the Philippine team.
The JAO covers both contact and non-contact sports. The National Sports Association (NSA) must coordinate with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) or Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) to the PSC for their training plans.
Written parental consent is required for national athletes and personnel below 18 years old, according to the joint order.
“We would like to thank the government through the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for approving the JAO guidelines. This will boost the morale of our national team members as they prepare for the 2021 SEA Games,” PSC Chairman William ‘Butch’ Ramirez.
Under the guidelines, only areas placed under moderate and low-risk community quarantine classifications can host bubble training with a maximum number of individuals allowed.
It must be under strict supervision and monitoring of the PSC Medical Scientific Athletes Services (MSAS) Unit and JAO-designated Health and Safety Officers, who will continuously monitor the health status of all individuals involved during and after the activity.
Plans and activities must be coordinated with the host local government unit and regional IATF.
The PSC is already studying the hosting of bubble training for athletics, boxing, karate and other sports in its Baguio facility.
The Philippines will send around 700 athletes and officials to the Hanoi SEA Games slated from Nov. 21 to Dec. 2.
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