Preparedness for containing COVID-19 outbreak in mass religious gathering with non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) | Zendy

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Preparedness for containing COVID-19 outbreak in mass religious gathering with non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)

Author(s) -

Chen-Yang Hsu,

YaMei Chen,

ChiuWen Su,

Mei-Sheng Ku,

Yeol Kim,

Tim Jensen,

DihLing Luh

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of the formosan medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.708

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1876-0821

pISSN - 0929-6646

DOI - 10.1016/j.jfma.2021.04.017

Subject(s) - outbreak , preparedness , mass gathering , context (archaeology) , medicine , hajj , covid-19 , psychological intervention , pilgrimage , basic reproduction number , demography , virology , environmental health , geography , population , infectious disease (medical specialty) , public health , disease , islam , nursing , sociology , law , political science , archaeology

The COVID-19 outbreaks associated with mass religious gatherings which have the potential of invoking epidemics at large scale have been a great concern. This study aimed to evaluate the risk of outbreak in mass religious gathering and further to assess the preparedness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) for preventing COVID-19 outbreak in this context.

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