COVID-19 & Public Events Update

Last updated: 4-2-2020

We’re very conscious of the rapidly evolving COVID-19/coronavirus situation and are keeping an active watch on the public event guidelines that the Ministry of Health is issuing for events, and will update details for our event here if anything changes.

Currently their advice for attendees (and event workers at public events) is to follow standard good hygiene measures and not to attend if you are unwell, or have been in mainland China, Iran, northern Italy or the Republic of Korea (excluding airport transit) in the past 14 days, or been in close contact with someone confirmed with COVID-19 in the last 14 days and who has been asked to self-isolate. Even if people feel well, they advise that we all should practice standard good hygiene measures, which are:

• covering coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues or coughing/sneezing into your elbow
• disposing of used tissues appropriately in a bin
• washing hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water and drying them thoroughly, or using hand sanitiser: before eating or handling food: after using the toilet; after coughing, sneezing, blowing your nose or wiping children’s noses; after touching public surfaces; and after caring for sick people.
• trying to keep a metre away from people who are unwell
• limiting alcohol and drug use (as this may affect your ability to adequately follow the advice above).

 
The measures above are especially important for people who have existing health conditions, such as those with diabetes, renal failure, chronic lung disease or who are immunocompromised.

Check out the MoH Q&A page for more info and their latest status update.