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. 2020 Dec 23;27(8):taaa157.

doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa157.

Estimating the COVID-19 risk during the Hajj pilgrimage

Anas Khan^{1

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

Affiliations

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.

PMID: 32889536
PMCID: PMC7499715
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa157

Estimating the COVID-19 risk during the Hajj pilgrimage

Anas Khan et al. J Travel Med. 2020.

. 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.

PMID: 32889536
PMCID: PMC7499715
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa157

No abstract available

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

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