Open AccessFourteen Centuries of Precautions against COVID-19
Author(s) -
Ahmed M. Abbas,
Safaa Fathy,
Yasser Abd Elaal,
Howieda Fouly,
Randa Wanees
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archives of health science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-7456
DOI - 10.31829/2641-7456/ahs2020-4(1)-152
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , islam , coronavirus , china , history , face (sociological concept) , virology , ancient history , geography , disease , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology , outbreak , pathology , archaeology , social science
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was detected in Wuhan, China and spreading all over the world within few months. From a religious point of view, Islam gave teachings to prevent infections and face pandemics 14 centuries ago. These teachings are applied now by the World Health Organization (WHO) to control COVID-19.