The Hajj pilgrimage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: event hosting without the mass gathering

J Travel Med. 2021 Feb 23;28(2):taaa194. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa194.

Shahul H Ebrahim¹, Yusuf Ahmed^{2

3}, Saleh A Alqahtani^{4

5}, Ziad A Memish^{6

7}

¹ Faculty of Science, University of Sciences, Technique and Technology, Bamako, Mali.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
³ Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁴ Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁶ Research & Innovation Center, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health and College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Hajj 2020; Saudi Arabia; mass gathering; pandemic mitigation.

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