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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Main Authors: Mubarak, Naeem, Zin, Che Suraya
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Language:English
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description 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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spelling iium-816982020-11-17T07:15:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81698/ Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications Mubarak, Naeem Zin, Che Suraya RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology 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? Elsevier USA 2020-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81698/1/Naeem_covid_1-s2.0-S1477893920302763-main.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81698/7/81698_Religious%20tourism%20and%20mass%20religious%20gatherings.pdf Mubarak, Naeem and Zin, Che Suraya (2020) Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 36. pp. 1-2. ISSN 1477-8939 E-ISSN 1873-0442 https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1477893920302763?token=BA82C0EDC8A4C7877C0387F510F71DE3DC46E5C4D6CF870FB21E73D53E391DCECA6F5929DF63304A04A05F3C9F41A127 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101786
spellingShingle RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Mubarak, Naeem
Zin, Che Suraya
Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications
title Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications
title_full Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications
title_fullStr Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications
title_full_unstemmed Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications
title_short Religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of COVID-19. Current perspective and future implications
title_sort religious tourism and mass religious gatherings — the potential link in the spread of covid-19. current perspective and future implications
topic RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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