Chasing the Sun

What is 24 hours of COVID-19 Chasing the Sun?

Kick off IDWeek with 24 hours of COVID-19 during Chasing the Sun.  This global event will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 9 a.m. ET and conclude on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 9:30 a.m. ET.   IDWeek and its partners are joining forces with recognized scientific agencies, non-governmental agencies and infectious diseases organizations from around the world including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Society of Microbiology, Asociación Panamericana de Infectologia, the Chinese Society of Infectious Diseases, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, and the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases each bringing unique global perspectives and data to cover various aspects of COVID-19 including clinical presentation, treatments, diagnostics, vaccine development, infection control and mitigation strategies and other late breaking issues. Closed captioning in English will be available for this program.

 IDWeek gratefully acknowledges the partnerships that are providing support for this program through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others (to be added as they are sourced). These funds allow IDWeek to defray production and broadcasting costs and offer the 24-Hours of COVID-19 Chasing the Sun event at no charge to everyone interested in the infectious diseases community and related subspecialties.

VIEW THE SESSIONS – coming soon!

IDWeek 2020 begins on Thursday, October 22 and accredited sessions will be available for twelve months.  Providers can receive up to 185.5* AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 181.5* MOC Points by participating. In addition, CPE will be available. View the entire IDWeek program – coming soon.

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