Sheerah Haytham A, Almuzaini Yasir, Khan Anas
International Collaborations, Ministry of Health, Riyadh 11176, Saudi Arabia.
Public Health Authority, Riyadh 13351, Saudi Arabia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jun 15;11(12):1757. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11121757.
Similar to most countries, Saudi Arabia faced several challenges during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, some of which were related to the religious position of the country. The main challenges included deficits in knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19, the negative psychological impacts of the pandemic on the general population and healthcare workers, vaccine hesitancy, the management of religious mass gatherings (e.g., Hajj and Umrah), and the imposition of travel regulations. In this article, we discuss these challenges based on evidence from studies involving Saudi Arabian populations. We outline the measures through which the Saudi authorities managed to minimize the negative impacts of these challenges in the context of international health regulations and recommendations.
与大多数国家一样，沙特阿拉伯在2019年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间面临了多项挑战，其中一些挑战与该国的宗教立场有关。主要挑战包括对COVID-19的知识、态度和做法方面的不足，大流行对普通民众和医护人员的负面心理影响，疫苗犹豫，宗教大型集会（如朝觐和副朝）的管理，以及旅行规定的实施。在本文中，我们根据涉及沙特阿拉伯人群的研究证据来讨论这些挑战。我们概述了沙特当局在国际卫生条例和建议的背景下设法将这些挑战的负面影响降至最低的措施。
