Emerg Microbes Infect . Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Control Strategy of the XXXII Tokyo Summer Olympics and the XXIV Beijing Winter Olympics

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Emerg Microbes Infect


. 2022 Jun 21;1-14.
doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2090859. Online ahead of print.
Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Control Strategy of the XXXII Tokyo Summer Olympics and the XXIV Beijing Winter Olympics


Yi Zhang ¹ , Jingwen Ai ¹ , Jing Bao ² , Wenhong Zhang ^{1 3}



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• PMID: 35726527
• DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2090859

Abstract

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 compared the strategies utilized at the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics and proposed several measures for future reference.

Keywords: COVID-19; Control; Olympics; Prevention; Strategy.