On 26 May 2020, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe hosted a webinar on preparing for hot weather during the COVID-19 outbreak. Further information on managing heat and COVID-19 is available in our information series.

Presentations

• Considerations and evidence for the risk management of extreme heat during the COVID-19 pandemic
  Joy Shumake-Guillemot, Joint WHO/WMO Climate and Health Office
• KeepCool: Public health advice for hot weather during the COVID-19 outbreak in WHO European Region
  James Creswick, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health
• COVID-19: Public health preparedness for concurrent summer risks in England
  Emer O’Connell, Public Health England, United Kingdom
• Information for health protection: curbing the concurrent risks of heat and COVID-19 this summer in Germany
  Franziska Matthies-Wiesler, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Germany
• Adaptation of the French heat heath watch warning system to the COVID-19 pandemic
  Mathilde Pascal, Santé Publique France, France