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Influence of large (running) events on the infection rate of COVID-19

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2021

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    NWO Netherlands

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof. Maria Hopman

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    Radboudumc

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    N/A

  • Research Subcategory

    N/A

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The Stichting Zevenheuvelenloop is developing a protocol to allow a running event for about 20,000 participants to take place safely in November 2020. It is doing this in collaboration with, among others, the local and regional government, safety regions and Dutch National Railways. The protocol is based on guidelines for the '1.5 metre society', and covers the entire structure of the organisation. Such a protocol for realising a large (running) event does not yet exist and it is also not known what the direct influence of this protocol will be on the infection rate of COVID-19 after the Seven Hills Run. In this research, it will be tested whether the protocol satisfies a coronavirus-proof edition of a large running event and can therefore be directly implemented for other (running) events.