id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-314421-j5psma9i Ahmed, Qanta A. The cancellation of mass gatherings (MGs)? Decision making in the time of COVID-19 2020-03-14 .txt text/plain 3169 155 58 While health care workers (HCWs) will be familiar with these measures, and Hajj pilgrims are always escorted by Hajj tour agencies who also provide basic education in infection control, the Umrah pilgrim (the traveler making the mini-pilgrimage to Mecca sometimes on the spur of the moment and at any time of the year) and the general public will not have experience in hand hygiene education. Similarly when KSA has faced the extremely delicate balance of welcoming religious pilgrims for both Hajj and Umrah this year many of whom have waited a life time to enact their religious rites, and weighing the impact of propagating outbreaks, difficult and unpopular decisions have to be made to safeguard not only the mass gathering but also the wider global community. ./cache/cord-314421-j5psma9i.txt ./txt/cord-314421-j5psma9i.txt