ISU updated statement re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) & ISU events

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ISU updated statement re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) & ISU events

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The ISU World short track speed skating Championships in Korea have been postponed, provided that they can be held before mid-October Image

Read the full statement here:
https://isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/ ... teParam=15
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Statement today pertaining to Worlds specifically:
https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/145-n ... teParam=15
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In the meantime, the ISU provided updated information to media regarding their accreditation on site in Montreal including this:

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Thanks for the info.
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kittykins wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:35 pm Thanks for the info.
This pertains to everyone who is accredited it does not apply to spectators. Those coming from out of the country will have "port of entry" screening, e.g. at airports. No word on special procedures at the Bell Centre (yet).
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The World Health Organization has just declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/ ... march-2020

There is supposed to be another announcement in Quebec, perhaps by the Premier, this afternoon. He said this morning that there was a chance that Worlds would be cancelled.

In the meantime, we wait and see, washing our hands and avoiding touching our faces, etc.
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