The Grand Magal of Touba was spared by the COVID-19 pandemic

In the context of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, all mass gathering (MG) events have been cancelled. The Grand Magal took place on October 6, 2020, in Touba, Senegal, which was the only MG event organized in 2020. This Muslim pilgrimage gathers about four million Muslim Mourides f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sokhna, Cheikh, Goumballa, Ndiaw, Hoang, Van Thuan, Bassene, Hubert, Parola, Philippe, Gautret, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021
Materias:
Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9183244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33434665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.006
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Sumario:In the context of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, all mass gathering (MG) events have been cancelled. The Grand Magal took place on October 6, 2020, in Touba, Senegal, which was the only MG event organized in 2020. This Muslim pilgrimage gathers about four million Muslim Mourides from Senegal and beyond. No significant increase in COVID-19 cases was therefore observed at the national level in the weeks following the Grand Magal. This successful strategy is an invitation to better promote community commitments by public authorities in their various strategies.

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