New York and New Jersey infectious disease experts are preparing for the upcoming FIFA World Cup games, which will bring in 1.2 million visitors from around the world and potentially 6-7 million across the US. With the influx of foreign visitors, there is a potential for infectious diseases such as viral hemorrhagic fevers, RSV, tuberculosis, measles, varicella, hepatitis A, typhoid, malaria, SARS, and hantavirus. The biggest training exercise involved 500 health providers from the New York/New Jersey systems practicing emergency air transport with pretend patients from Toronto, a World Cup host city, to LaGuardia Airport in Queens. The White House created a FIFA task force led by Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.