Society events & Coronavirus

The growth in the number of coronavirus cases in the UK is an obvious cause for concern, but until Government advice changes, the London Society’s events will be going ahead.

However, if you have visited or been in direct contact with anyone who has visited any of the following locations, you should NOT attend an event:

• Hubei province in China (even if you do not have symptoms), since 19 February
• Iran, lockdown areas of northern Italy or special care zones of South Korea, since 19 February (even if you do not have symptoms)
• Other parts of mainland China or South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan or Thailand in the last 14 days and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath (even if your symptoms are mild)
• Other parts of Italy, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar or Vietnam since 19 February and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath (even if your symptoms are mild)

Advice to all is to reduce the risk of spreading infection and we would ask everyone to avoid shaking hands.

Given the situation, the usual cancellation policy for the Society will be suspended – if you fall into any of the categories above, or are displaying symptoms, we would ask that you do not come to any event – contact us and we will arrange a credit for a future talk, or a refund.

We will update this advice should the policy change.