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Aug 2020

Last Updated: 18/08/2020

Harrogate sports centre deep clean after coronavirus case

by Connor Creaghan

| 18 Aug, 2020
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The general manager of the fitness centre urged people who went to the gym on Friday to get a test and inform them of the results.

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Harrogate Sports and Fitness Centre.

Harrogate Sport and Fitness Centre has reopened today after one of its members tested positive for coronavirus.

The centre on Hookstone Wood Road was forced to close this morning for a deep clean. The council and department of health gave it the green light to open at 12pm.

James Gaston, general manager at the centre, said:

"Thank you for your understanding and apologies for any inconvenience. We want to keep your club as safe as we possibly can."






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He urged people who went to the gym on Friday to get a test and inform them of the results.

The fitness centre has a gym, four squash courts, a dance and fitness studio, two boules courts and a bar with balcony available for hire.

It follows the news that The Navigation Inn in Ripon closed after one of its customers reported a positive coronavirus test.