World Athletics and IIRM form outbreak prevention taskforce for mass events
World Athletics has joined forces with the International Institute for Race Medicine (IIRM) to set up a medical taskforce to provide endurance events that include mass gatherings with guidelines for outbreak prevention.
The Outbreak Prevention Taskforce, led by World Athletics (Health and Science Department) and the IIRM, will include the Medical Chairs or representatives of the International Cycling Union (UCI), International Ski Federation (FIS), International Triathlon Union (ITU), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and World Rowing (FISA), as well as Professor Brian McCloskey of the Centre on Global Health Security, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), an independent expert in outbreak prevention and member of the WHO Novel Coronavirus-19 Mass Gatherings Expert Group.
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| Notations: | biological and medical sciences training science endurance sports organisations and events sports for the handicapped |
| Tagging: | Coronavirus #coronathletics |
| Published in: | Worldathletics |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/world-athletics-iirm-form-outbreak-prevention |
| Issue: | Posted on 2020-04-17 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | basic |