A statement from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) about coronavirus (COVID-19). Recommendations by the AHPPC with regard to public events As of 8th March 2020, the AHPPC advises that the risk to the general Australian population from COVID-19 is low, with the majority of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Australia in returned travellers.
At this time the AHPPC consider that public events should proceed, but strongly recommend that people that are unwell with cough or fever or other respiratory symptoms should not attend public events or gatherings.
This is particularly so for people who have recently travelled from overseas. People who have been a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19, or who returned from or