Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, NYU- Winthrop Hospital, NYU-Langone Health, Mineola, NY, USA.
Research & Innovation Center, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health and College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Mar-Apr;34:101631. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101631. Epub 2020 Mar 14.
Our recommendation, as experts who have monitored health hazards at the Hajj for over 15 years, especially if the situation with COVID-19 continues to escalate globally is that Hajj 2020 will be at risk of being suspended and a means for Muslims to fulfill their rights in the future either personally or even by proxy need to be announced. The same holds true for the Summer 2020 Olympics in Japan and for many other MGs and large gatherings. Decisions in the time of COVID-19 will be closely followed and will be a blueprint for other mass gatherings.
作为在朝觐期间监测健康危害超过 15 年的专家，我们的建议是，如果全球 COVID-19 疫情继续升级，2020 年朝觐将面临暂停的风险，并且需要宣布穆斯林未来亲自或以代理方式履行其权利的方式。日本 2020 年夏季奥运会和许多其他大型集会也是如此。在 COVID-19 期间的决策将受到密切关注，并将成为其他大型集会的蓝图。
