Lessons learned from the COVID-19 control strategy of the XXXII Tokyo Summer Olympics and the XXIV Beijing Winter Olympics

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused more than 500 million infections and 6.2 million deaths globally, resulting in numerous sporting events being cancelled or postponed. Therefore, effective control strategies are urgently needed to prevent COVID-19 transmission at these local and global events. This article introduced the strategies utilized at the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics and proposed several measures for future reference.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:organisations and events biological and medical sciences
Tagging:Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemie
Published in:Emerging Microbes & Infections
Language:English
Published: 2022
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2022.2090859
Volume:11
Issue:1
Pages:1711-1716
Document types:article
Level:advanced