COVID-19–the role of mass gatherings
SH Ebrahim, ZA Memish�- Travel medicine and infectious disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Mass gathering (MG) medicine emerged against the backdrop of the 2009 pandemic H1N1
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) when the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (KSA) hosted the largest annual mass gathering of over 3 million pilgrims from 180
plus countries. However, the events surrounding the latest threat to global health, the PHEIC
COVID-19, may be sufficient to highlight the role of mass gatherings, mass migration, and
other forms of dense gatherings of people on the emergence, sustenance, and transmission�…
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) when the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (KSA) hosted the largest annual mass gathering of over 3 million pilgrims from 180
plus countries. However, the events surrounding the latest threat to global health, the PHEIC
COVID-19, may be sufficient to highlight the role of mass gatherings, mass migration, and
other forms of dense gatherings of people on the emergence, sustenance, and transmission�…