Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications
COVID-19 has exposed the fragility and preparedness of healthcare systems around the globe. Various countries have widely adopted preventive measures, such as social distancing, face masks, frequent hand wash/sanitizer and lock downs. The pandemic with shifting epicentres from Wuhan to Iran and I...
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Elsevier USA
2020
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| Summary: | COVID-19 has exposed the fragility and preparedness of healthcare
systems around the globe. Various countries have widely adopted preventive measures, such as social distancing, face masks, frequent hand
wash/sanitizer and lock downs. The pandemic with shifting epicentres
from Wuhan to Iran and Italy presents two relevant questions for any
next outbreak or epicentre in future:
a) How did COVID-19 travel from one country to another?
b) To what extent are countries prepared in context of preventive
measures in mass gatherings in future? |
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