October 30, 2020

The Risk of Indoor Sports and Culture Events for the Transmission of COVID-19 (Restart-19)

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Modeling and Prediction

Keywords (Tags): non-pharm interventions, transmission

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A study simulating a seated indoor mass gathering event (MGE) found that in scenarios where hygiene protocols and ventilation were good, 0 to 23% of subsequent cases of SARS-CoV-2 were attributable to the MGE. All participants in the simulation wore N95 masks, and three different hygiene protocols were evaluated, ranging from no restrictions to strong restrictions, including increased seat distance and more event entrances. The authors suggest that if strict protocols are followed, the impact of MGEs on transmission could be low, but MGEs without precautions may have substantial contributions to epidemic spread.

Moritz et al. (Oct 30, 2020). The Risk of Indoor Sports and Culture Events for the Transmission of COVID-19 (Restart-19). Pre-print downloaded Oct 30 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.28.20221580