Safety Evaluation of a Medical Congress Held During the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Prospective Cohort

• Main Authors: Johannes Sumer (Author), Domenica Flury (Author), Christian R. Kahlert (Author), Nicolas J. Mueller (Author), Lorenz Risch (Author), Susanne Nigg (Author), Marco Seneghini (Author), Pietro Vernazza (Author), Matthias Schlegel (Author), Philipp Kohler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, few scientific congresses have been held on-site. We prospectively evaluated the safety concept of the congress of the Swiss Societies of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene.Methods: The congress was held in Geneva (Switzerland) while local COVID-19 inc...