Abstract: Public places are these for people to relax, entertain, and shop, which are characterized by rapid crowd gathering and high mobility. During COVID-19 epidemic, object surfaces of public equipment and facilities may be contaminated by SARS-CoV-2, which would easily lead to spread of COVID-19 after exposure. Based on the key risks existing in public places and combined with the practices of fighting the epidemic, the authers proposes some prevention and control measures in public places from perspectives of operational management, physical isolation measures, cleaning and disinfection, environmental sanitation improvement, personal protection, emergency response measures, and terminal disinfection.