Hajj and Umrah Mass Gatherings and COVID-19 Infection.
Van-Thuan HoangPhilippe GautretZiad A MemishJaffar A Al-TawfiqPublished in: Current tropical medicine reports (2020)
A clear relation between early suspension of religious mass gatherings and lower occurrence of COVID-19 transmission in countries that took such measures promptly was noticed. There are lessons to national and international health organizations for other mass gatherings in the context of the pandemic.