MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota State High School League board asked state health officials Thursday to allow spring sports athletes to compete outdoors without wearing masks.
Athletes would be required to wear masks during breaks and after races and while sitting in the dugout or standing on the sidelines.
State Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said the ideal would be to permit outdoor competition without masks in combination with increased vaccination and testing of athletes, the Star Tribune reported.
″We understand that people are eager to be able to be outside. We’ve said all along that the risk is lower outside, which it is, but it’s not zero,″ said Malcolm, who cited the recent threat of COVID variants that are more easily transmitted.
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