Call to avert acceleration of COVID-19 from India’s Sabarimala pilgrimage of 25 million devotees

India has the third-highest COVID-19 burden. Hosting the Sabarimala pilgrimage of an estimated 25 million can compromise the near-mitigated but fragile COVID-19 status of the host State of Kerala, accelerate the ongoing outbreaks in other states of India, and potentially in multiple countries with e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of travel medicine 2020-12, Vol.27 (8)
Hauptverfasser:	Nayar, K Rajasekharan, Koya, Shaffi Fazaludeen, Ramakrishnan, Venkitesh, Rao, Arathi P, Libu, Gnanaseelan Kanakamma, Binub, Kanniyan, Ali, Althaf, Abdulla, Mansoor C, Gupthan, Mahesh, Ebrahim, Shahul H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control Hinduism Humans India - epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 Travel-Related Illness
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Zusammenfassung:	India has the third-highest COVID-19 burden. Hosting the Sabarimala pilgrimage of an estimated 25 million can compromise the near-mitigated but fragile COVID-19 status of the host State of Kerala, accelerate the ongoing outbreaks in other states of India, and potentially in multiple countries with emigrants from Kerala.
ISSN:	1195-1982 1708-8305
DOI:	10.1093/jtm/taaa153