Interim Guidance: Get Your Mass Gatherings or Large Community Events Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): March 12, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  This interim guidance is intended for organizers and staff responsible for planning mass gatherings or large community events in the United States. A mass gathering is a planned or spontaneous event with a large number of people in attendance that could strain the planning and response resources of the community hosting the event, such as a concert, festival, conference, or sporting event. Guidance specific to schools and childcare settings, institutions of higher education, and community- and faith-based organizations can be found on CDC’s website focused on prevention COVID-19 spread in communities.
  
  Mass-Gatherings-Document_FINAL.pdf
  
  Summary of Recent Changes -- Considerations for Postponing or Cancelling a Mass Gathering -- Steps to Plan, Prepare, and Proceed with a Mass Gathering -- Follow-up After a COVID-19 Outbreak has Ended -- Readiness Resources.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Crowding Disaster Planning Disease Outbreaks Disease Transmission, Infectious Mass Behavior Politics
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85881/cdc_85881_DS1.pdf
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