WHO recently consulted with a number of sports organizations, including the International Olympic Committee, and drafted and issued guidelines for organizing events during the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. . The guide includes key considerations for multiple topics:
1. Sports events are regarded as low-risk or high-risk: low-risk items can maintain physical distance, such as archery, shooting and other items, high-risk items include physical contact. The countermeasures include the participants should perform daily health checks, maintain a distance of at least one meter between different people, fully disinfect, and avoid sharing equipment.
2. Tournament scale: Spectators should maintain a distance of at least 1 meter, and entrance temperature tests should be conducted.
3. Indoor or outdoor: Outdoor events have better ventilation than indoor events, and it is easier to ensure certain physical isolation for events such as horse racing and golf.
4. Venue facilities: need to be equipped with isolation room or space, and send medical personnel.
5. Personnel inspection: It is recommended to check the personnel's itinerary and health status before the game, and recommend that people who are at risk of infection do not come to watch.
6. Risk communication: ensure that all personnel in the event can get public health advice, and signs can be set to inform spectators and staff how to avoid infection with new coronary pneumonia.
The International Olympic Committee shared this guide with the International Single Sports Federation and the National (Regional) Olympic Committee, and requested relevant parties to provide feedback based on the progress of the epidemic. (Reporter Zhu He)