St. Anthony Abbot recently issued the following announcement.

Guidance Highlights for Events and Mass Gatherings

NEW: Updated guidance now includes considerations about when to cancel an event

When there is no spread of COVID-19 in the community:

• Encourage staff and attendees to stay home if sick.
• Develop flexible refund policies for attendees.
• Provide supplies that can be used to help prevent the spread of germs.
• Consult local public health officials about your event.
• Review considerations on when to cancel an event.

If there is minimal or moderate spreadpdf icon in your community:

• Cancel events for groups of 250 people or more.
  • 3/16/20 UPDATE: During the next 15 days, all U.S. events of 10+ people should be cancelled or held virtually.
    • More Information on Mass Gatherings
    • Read the White House noticepdf iconexternal icon
• For organizations that serve people who are at higher risk of serious COVID-19 illness, cancel events for groups of 10 people or more.

If there is substantial spreadpdf icon in your community:

• Cancel events of any size.

If there is a case of COVID-19 at your event:

• Separate anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms from others until they can go home.
  • Anyone with symptoms should not take public transportation or shared rides
• Contact local public health officials.
• Communicate with staff and attendees about possible exposure.
• Clean and disinfect the event space.

Original source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/large-events/index.html