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Local Fitness Group Has to Pay $10,000 for Breaking Covid-19 Regulations
The city of DC says gym employees and clients repeatedly defied mask and social-distancing rules.
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The local fitness group Urban Athletic Club will have to pay $10,000 to the city of DC due to allegations that it violated Covid-19 public health emergency orders. The Office of the Attorney General announced the settlement in a press statement Thursday.
DC Attorney General Karl Racine filed a complaint against the group in December. It alleged that Urban Athletic Club did not follow guidelines regarding social distancing, mask-use, and the correct spacing and sanitation of equipment and workout stations. Per Mayor Muriel Bowser’s phase two restrictions on gyms and fitness, clients must be masked while entering and leaving the gym, as well as while working out, if safe to do so. Additionally, clients must be six-feet-apart, equipment must be cleaned between sessions, and workout stations must have 10
DC lawsuit prompts gym chain to implement COVID-19 guidelines
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WASHINGTON - A District gym chain has agreed to comply with COVID-19 guidelines after a lawsuit levelled by the Attorney General’s office.
Attorney General Karl Racine says his office pursued the lawsuit after people at Urban Athletic Club’s Shaw location were seen working out without masks, adequate social distancing, or using proper equipment sanitization.
Moreover, the AG’s office says, the gym misled customers by insisting that it maintained “health and safety” as its top priorities.
Customers were told to sign a waiver form saying they agreed to comply with the guidelines established by District officials. The rules were not, however, enforced, according to the lawsuit.