Point of contagion: Mass gatherings and the coronavirusThousands fans travelled to watch their team Atalanta play Valencia in Milan on February 19. Mass gatherings, in celebration and in sorrow, are an intrinsic part of human life. - 'Endanger millions' -The issue of how and when to restrict public events has unleashed debate among experts. In an article published last month in the Lancet, members of the WHO's Novel Coronavirus-19 Mass Gatherings Expert Group discussed the organisation's guidelines for how to assess the potential risks of holding events. "Allowing mass gatherings under these circumstances has the potential to endanger millions of attendees and upon return home also those who remained in their countries of origin," said the authors.

Source: Bangkok Post April 10, 2020 07:46 UTC