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Infectious Disease During Mass Gathering
With the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions globally, increasing numbers of people travelled for the 2023 Hajj, during which Saudi Arabia hosted 1.85 million pilgrims including 1.66 million international pilgrims.1
A further substantial increase in these numbers many of whom will be older people with comobidities, is anticipated for the fortcoming Hajj pilgrimage in June, 2025.1
Reducing risks from respiratory pathogens at the 2024 Hajj; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309924002603
MAT-BH-2500298 -V1 – May 2025