Cultural-Religious Approach: An Effective Community-Based Disaster Management Strategy for Reducing the Mortality and Morbidity of the Fourth Wave of Coronavirus Pandemic Caused by the Lineage B.1.1.7 (the British Variant) in Iran (Spring 2021).

Hossein Ghaedamini,Hamid Jafari,Hesan Arefi,Zahra Saghafi,Salman Farahbakhsh

doi:10.21315/mjms2022.29.1.16

Abstract

Lineage B.1.1.7 (the British variant) is a new variant of SARS-CoV-2. The virus was first identified in the UK in October 2020. Since Iran is one of the most disaster risk countries in the world, disaster management is one of the most important issues. One of the effective approaches of this field is community-based disaster management (CBDM). Altogether, planning and policy-making through using various cultural-religious role models with emphasis on the cultural points can be useful to reduce the mortality and morbidity rate caused by the fourth wave of coronavirus in Iran.

Highlights

The beginning of the Persian New Year, is the most important cultural challenge
Due to the New Year holidays, the amount of shopping, travels and, New Year celebrations and family parties increased significantly, it accelerated the spread of the coronavirus [3, 4]
We believe approaching based on two factors can play an effective role in reducing the mortality and morbidity of the fourth peak in Iran

Summary

Introduction

(ii) reducing people’s attention to related health instructions (iii) lack of sufficient vaccine for all people. The beginning of the Persian New Year, (which begins on the spring equinox and it is celebrated on 20 March 2021) is the most important cultural challenge.

Results

Conclusion