Mandatory immunization against SARS-CoV-2 of athletes, companions and supporters for the Tokyo Olympics

• E. Petersen,
• P. Schlagenhauf,
• S.S. Lee,
• L. Blumberg,
• L. Kramer,
• C. Obiero,
• S. Al-Abri,
• F. Cunha,
• N. Petrosillo,
• A. Di Caro,
• P. Gautret,
• S. Shafi,
• A. Abubakar,
• T.C.A. Pinto,
• Z. Memish,
• D.S.C. Hui,
• A. Zumla,
• M.P. Grobusch

Affiliations

E. Petersen

European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infections Task Force, ESCMID, Basel, Switzerland; International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark; European Travel Medicine Network, Méditerranée Infection Foundation, Marseille, France; Corresponding author at: Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark.

P. Schlagenhauf

European Travel Medicine Network, Méditerranée Infection Foundation, Marseille, France; University of Zürich Centre for Travel Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers’ Health, Institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, Zürich, Switzerland

S.S. Lee

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

L. Blumberg

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg 2195, South Africa

L. Kramer

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, United States

C. Obiero

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; Clinical Research Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya; Department of Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

S. Al-Abri

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

F. Cunha

European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infections Task Force, ESCMID, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Coimbra, Portugal

N. Petrosillo

European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), International Affairs Subcommittee, Basel, Switzerland; Clinical and Research Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’, Rome, Italy

A. Di Caro

European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infections Task Force, ESCMID, Basel, Switzerland; Clinical and Research Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’, Rome, Italy

P. Gautret

European Travel Medicine Network, Méditerranée Infection Foundation, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille Cedex 05, France

S. Shafi

Mass Gatherings and Global Health Network, London, United Kingdom

A. Abubakar

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria

T.C.A. Pinto

International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, United States; Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Z. Memish

Research & Innovation Centre, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health & College of Medicine, Al Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

D.S.C. Hui

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

A. Zumla

Center for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

M.P. Grobusch

European Travel Medicine Network, Méditerranée Infection Foundation, Marseille, France; Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity, Amsterdam Public Health, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands