How to use WHO risk assessment and mitigation checklist for Mass Gatherings in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 20 March 2020

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This is an operational tool which offers guidance for organizers holding meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak and which should be accompanied by the WHO COVID-19 Generic Risk Assessment Excel file available on the WHO website.

Routine planning for Mass Gatherings includes conducting risk assessments to determine the overall risk of disease spread. This document provides a COVID-19 risk assessment and mitigation checklist for use by host countries and mass gathering organizers and staff. Specifically, this document provides an overview of the following:

  • Information to collect about the meeting
  • COVID-19 risk assessment tool
  • COVID-19 mitigation measures checklist
  • Decision matrix that incorporates the risk assessment and mitigation measure scores for the final determination