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The City of Edmonton is immediately closing most public sports facilities to meet physical distancing orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Access to tennis, basketball, volleyball and pickleball courts as well as disc golf facilities and premier sports fields is prohibited, the city said in a news release Monday morning. But other park spaces such as baseball diamonds and soccer fields will be open to the public, but the city warns they shouldn’t be used until May 1.

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Earlier this month, the city cancelled all sports field league bookings through May but didn’t immediately eliminate public access.

Residents eager to keep up their soccer or baseball skills must follow the two-metre physical distancing orders and ensure gatherings are kept to 15 people or less, the city said. Users should avoid touching shared surfaces as much as possible such as sports equipment or stationary field objects.

There are more than 1,600 public sports fields across the city.

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