Estimating the COVID-19 risk during the Hajj pilgrimage

J Travel Med. 2020 Dec 23;27(8):taaa157. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa157.

Authors

Anas Khan^{1

2}, Kingsley Lezor Bieh¹, Ahmed El-Ganainy¹, Sujoud Ghallab¹, Abdullah Assiri³, Hani Jokhdar³

Affiliations

¹ Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Deputyship of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Hajj; Mass gatherings; pilgrims; risk assessment.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
COVID-19* / transmission
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Communicable Diseases, Imported* / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Imported* / prevention & control
Communicable Diseases, Imported* / transmission
Crowding*
Global Health / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Religious Missions / trends*
Risk Assessment
SARS-CoV-2
Saudi Arabia / epidemiology
Travel / trends*
Travel Medicine / methods