Sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic - Considerations for public health authorities, 28 May 2021

Based on existing WHO’s guidance

Across the WHO European Region, governments and event organizers are putting plans in place to restart events that bring together large numbers of people in sometimes crowded settings. These decisions are based on progress in bringing down the number of reported cases and deaths from COVID-19, due to increasing vaccination coverage, enhanced testing and contact-tracing capacities, adherence to public health and social measures, and emerging treatment options.

However, this pandemic is not over yet. Many countries are loosening their public health and social measures, which will favour spread of the virus. Our message is clear: only the coordinated implementation of all public health and social measures will bring transmission down and keep the virus under control.