Institutions limit travel, societies rethink conferences as COVID-19 spreads

Institutions are limiting employee travel and medical societies are canceling or postponing their annual medical conferences because of concerns about COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Cleveland Clinic spokesperson Andrea Pacetti told Healio Primary Care that the facility there has suspended all “nonessential international business travel” until at least March 31 for the sake of patient and caregiver safety. She added that “domestic business-related travel is being limited to essential trips only and will require hospital leadership approval.”

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