Event planning recommendations in context of COVID-19

The World Health Organization has published documents that outline key planning considerations for organizers of mass gatherings in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, and we provide herein. It should be read in conjunction with WHO’s Public Health for Mass Gatherings: Key Considerations, which provides general advice on the public health aspects of mass gathering events. It is also adapted from WHO’s interim planning considerations previously released for mass gatherings in the context of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza, and International meetings attended by individuals from Ebola virus disease-affected countries.