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    Situation in Numbers (By WHO Region) :) Total (New Cases in Last 24 Hours)

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    The WHO has published updated interim guidance on planning for mass gatherings during COVID-19. The guidance provides advice on assessing and mitigating risks associated with mass gatherings. It recommends risk assessments consider the local COVID-19 context and measures, event risk factors like attendance size and duration, and prevention/control measures that can be applied before, during, and after events. WHO has developed tools to help evaluate mass gathering risks and guide selection of tailored prevention responses. Monitoring mass gatherings is also part of WHO's COVID-19 response and preparedness framework.

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    The WHO has published updated interim guidance on planning for mass gatherings during COVID-19. The guidance provides advice on assessing and mitigating risks associated with mass gatherings. It recommends risk assessments consider the local COVID-19 context and measures, event risk factors like attendance size and duration, and prevention/control measures that can be applied before, during, and after events. WHO has developed tools to help evaluate mass gathering risks and guide selection of tailored prevention responses. Monitoring mass gatherings is also part of WHO's COVID-19 response and preparedness framework.

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    The WHO has published updated interim guidance on planning for mass gatherings during COVID-19. The guidance provides advice on assessing and mitigating risks associated with mass gatherings. It recommends risk assessments consider the local COVID-19 context and measures, event risk factors like attendance size and duration, and prevention/control measures that can be applied before, during, and after events. WHO has developed tools to help evaluate mass gathering risks and guide selection of tailored prevention responses. Monitoring mass gatherings is also part of WHO's COVID-19 response and preparedness framework.

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    The WHO has published updated interim guidance on planning for mass gatherings during COVID-19. The guidance provides advice on assessing and mitigating risks associated with mass gatherings. It recommends risk assessments consider the local COVID-19 context and measures, event risk factors like attendance size and duration, and prevention/control measures that can be applied before, during, and after events. WHO has developed tools to help evaluate mass gathering risks and guide selection of tailored prevention responses. Monitoring mass gatherings is also part of WHO's COVID-19 response and preparedness framework.

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    Situation in numbers (by WHO Region)

    )Total (new cases in last 24 hours)


    Globally 6 663 304 cases (127 950) 392 802 deaths (5
    647)
    Africa 126 561 cases (5 457) 3 062 deaths (104)

    Americas 3 155 370 cases (70 853) 176 167 deaths (3 891)

    Eastern Mediterranean 605 026 cases (17 996) 14 024 deaths (304)

    Europe 2 249 999 cases (19 293) 183 128 deaths (963)

    South-East Asia 336 577 cases (13 714) 9 316 deaths (374)

    Western Pacific 189 030 cases (637) 7 092 deaths (11)

    Subject in Focus: Key planning recommendations for


    mass
    gatherings in the context of COVID-19
    WHO has published an updated interim guidance on Key planning
    recommendations for mass

    gatherings in the context of COVID-19 on 29 May 2020. This general guidance is


    an updated

    version of the guidance first published on 14 February and revised on 19 March


    2020. The current

    version reflects the evolution of the pandemic and the most recent WHO
    recommendations on

    COVID-19.
    The guidance provides advice to host governments, health authorities and event
    organizers on

    containing COVID-19 risks associated with a mass gathering, and on mitigating


    the resulting

    likelihood of strain on health services.

    Mass gatherings include a wide range of events characterized by the


    concentration of people in

    space and time. They are not merely recreational events; rather, they may also
    have major political,

    cultural, social and economic implications. WHO recommends that any decision
    to restrict, modify,

    postpone, cancel or proceed with a mass gathering should be based on a


    rigorous risk assessment,

    based on three main considerations:

    1. Normative and epidemiological context in which the event takes place: the
    application of

    restrictive public health and social measures to control the spread of COVID-19,
    may not

    allow mass gatherings to take place. However, in countries where measures are
    eased in

    response to an evolving transmission scenario, the decision to proceed with an


    event and

    how to proceed, becomes relevant. The context continuously evolves, which


    entails an

    evolution of risk and of the action required to mitigate it, and therefore calls for
    a review of the
    risk assessment at regular intervals.

    2. Risk factors associated with the event: this evaluation examines factors which
    determine the

    risk profile for an event, including the characteristics of the venue, the number
    and key

    features of the participants (and their expected interactions), the duration of the
    event, and

    the capacity of the health system to detect and manage COVID-19 cases, among
    others.

    3. Prevention and control measures: this area focuses on the capacity that host
    governments,

    health authorities and event organizers have to apply actions that mitigate the
    risk identified

    in step 2, above. Measures may modify the characteristics of the event (venue,
    attendees,

    facilities, etc.) or focus on strengthening the preparedness and response.


    Prevention and

    control measures can be applied throughout the event’s timeline – in the


    planning phase,

    operational phase, and post-event phase.

    WHO has developed tools that facilitate the evaluation of the risks associated
    with a mass gathering

    and guide the selection of tailored prevention and control measures. A set of
    three tools is currently

    available: a generic tool, one tailored to sports events, and one tailored to
    religious events. At the
    same time, many organisers have adapted and tailored WHO tools to specific
    purposes, especially

    for sport-related events, such as football, rugby and rowing competitions – with
    the aim of guiding

    the decision-making process on closing down or reopening them.

    A mass gathering indicator has been included in the COVID-19 Strategic


    Preparedness and

    Response Plan (SPRP) Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. This will help
    monitor how health

    systems prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as how they
    tackle risks

    associated with mass gatherings.

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