- each interaction, sanitizing items and surfaces more frequently, following tool disinfection procedures, and not touching their face.
- • Follow all municipal and local public health warnings, directions and recommendations related to COVID-19. Consider regular times to check in with public health updates and retrain/revise practices as needed.
- • Share information in all languages spoken by your participants, if possible. Provide information in ways that are easy to understand, like graphics and pictures, and use government resources.
- • Communicate that anyone with symptoms of COVID-19; with a history of international travel in the last 14 days; or with close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the past 14 days must remain at home and get tested.
- • Communicate that all international travellers must quarantine for 14 days upon entering
- Canada. International travellers must plan ahead to ensure they can complete their quarantine prior to attending an exhibition.
- • Consider options for virtual attendance for individuals who are at increased risk for more serious illness if contracting COVID-19, such as the elderly or people who have pre-existing health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, COPD, cancer, dementia, stroke, liver cirrhosis,
- cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, and immunodeficiencies.
- • Post COVID-19 signage around all entrances and throughout the exhibition hall stating:
- o distancing requirements (2 metres) o distancing requirements (2 metres)
- o prohibited for sick or isolating attendees o prohibited for sick or isolating attendees
- o hygiene and respiratory etiquette o hygiene and respiratory etiquette
- o and protocols in place o and protocols in place
- o to call to report any concerns (ie. exhibition organiser) o to call to report any concerns (ie. exhibition organiser)
- o masks as required o masks as required
- • Communicate in advance to all participants the various measures and protocols to follow and implement during the exhibition.

## Eliminate or Minimize Exposure

### Physical Distancing

- • Manage entry and exit points, to and from the exterior of the building. In case of an emergency, all emergency exits must be accessible.
- • Manage number of workers during set up and tear down.
- • Ensure the delivery and pick-up of material is managed according to a pre-set move-in and move-out schedule.
- • Communicate that all workers practice appropriate physical distancing (2 metres). If a situation occurs where it is impossible for workers to maintain physical distancing, a mask should be mandated and worn. In this case, employers will provide workers with masks. For municipalities where masks are required indoors, they should be worn at all times by workers.
- • Limit the number of participants during exhibition days in order to enable physical distancing (2 metres). Some suggested strategies include:
- o the number of people based on total gross area o the number of people based on total gross area
- o entry and exit to exhibition to control and calculate attendee capacity in real time o entry and exit to exhibition to control and calculate attendee capacity in real time
- o advance online registration and ticketing o advance online registration and ticketing