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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
卷 104, 期 3, 页码 797-799出版社
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1563
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The Hajj pilgrimage, a significant event in Islam, faced challenges in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With foreign pilgrims excluded and the number of pilgrims greatly reduced, new protocols were enacted to mitigate the spread of the virus. Despite initial postponement, timely decisions by the Saudi government allowed the Hajj to proceed with extensive precautions.
The Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, is held in Saudi Arabia in the second week of Dhu'l-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the world's largest mass gatherings, constituting more than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims from more than 180 countries. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant public health threat for such mass gatherings. Thus, a health risk assessment for the 2020 Hajj was held by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mass Gatherings Medicine, which concluded that foreign pilgrims should be excluded from the 2020 Hajj and that the number of pilgrims should be significantly reduced. Timely decisions allowed the Saudi government to conduct the Hajj, despite an initial postponement. However, the number of pilgrims was significantly downscaled, and extensive new protocols were set in place because of the pandemic. This article aims to shed light on the challenges faced and efforts made by Saudi Arabia to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 during the religious proceedings of the Hajj.
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