Between April 2012 and June 2014, 820 laboratory-confirmed cases of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported in the Arabian Peninsula, Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the United States. The observed epidemiology is different to SARS, which showed a classic epidemic curve and was over in eight months. The much longer persistence of...

The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) is one of the five pillars Islam and a duty which Muslims must perform—once in lifetime—if they are physically financially able do so. In Morocco, from where thousands pilgrims travel every year, Hajj often represents culmination years preparation planning, both spiritual logistical. Pilgrims describe their journey as transformative experience. Upon success...

three hundred and four patients with different degrees of heatstroke were treated by the hajj medical team of the islamic republic of iran. four percent of the patients had associated diseases. a simple method using immersion in iced tap water was used for management of heatstroke. advantages and wide applicability of the technique are described, achieving good results without using sophisticat...

Mass gatherings are attended by an increasingly global audience and thus raise the concern of possible acute public health risks not normally encountered by the host population. The potential acute risks to individual and population health include communicable diseases. The communicable disease risks include emerging and re-emerging diseases in host and visiting populations. In this review, we ...

Three hundred and four patients with different degrees of heatstroke were treated by the Hajj medical team of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Four percent of the patients had associated diseases. A simple method using immersion in iced tap water was used for management of heatstroke. Advantages and wide applicability of the technique are described, achieving good results without using sophis...

The Pilgrimage is a worship that dream for all Muslims in the world, especially people of Indonesia where majority population Muslim.In normal condition, financing generally carried out regularly and accordance with what has been planned, but coming disaster not power personservant because only Allah can plan will. presence pandemicCovid-19 caused changes life patterns sectors. Therefore whethe...

• The number of new cases per month in Saudi Arabia increased ten-fold since April 2013 and more asymptomatic and mild secondary cases have been detected through contact tracing. • Ten asymptomatic cases have been reported since 8 June, eight by Saudi Arabia and two by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Six of these asymptomatic cases have been health care workers. All the new cases reported since...

To the Editor: Hajj pilgrimage is a yearly event in which >2 million Muslims from around the world gather in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Such high density of crowding presents a risk for local outbreaks and for worldwide spread of infectious agents. Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is the leading cause of admission to Saudi hospitals during the Hajj (1). In Marseille, France, after administration of ...

The pilgrimage quota for each country is 0.1% of the total population. demand to perform Hajj increases yearly and demands more quotas, but it limited due providing exemplary services maintaining comfort pilgrims. selection process challenging informative. Upon registration, Malaysian waiting period was between 89 116 years. With COVID-19 new norm, will be much longer, making things worse ridic...