THE FEI has cancelled the FEI Sports Forum which was scheduled to take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 6th and 7th, due to the continued spread of the Covid-19 virus.

The time-sensitive sessions, such as the FEI anti-doping rules session and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games session, which will provide information on final venue preparations and logistics, will be hosted online.

“The FEI has conducted a full risk assessment of the rapidly evolving coronavirus Covid-19 situation in line with the recommendations of the relevant health authorities,” a press release said. “The FEI Sports Forum involves a gathering of multiple persons travelling from all over the globe and, while delegates may be healthy on departure from their country of origin, they are at risk of in-transmit contamination. Additionally, if there were to be a confirmed case of the virus during the forum, there is insufficient infrastructure and resources to quarantine all participants.

“As a result of this assessment, it is absolutely clear that there are too many risks associated with hosting the Sports Forum this year and, regrettably, the FEI has had to make the decision to cancel the in-person event and host the time-sensitive sessions online.”

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