Abstract
The Grand Magal is a religious pilgrimage that takes place in Senegal. An estimated 4–5 million individuals yearly gather in the holy city of Touba. Pilgrims comes from the whole Senegal and surrounding countries and from countries outside of Africa where Mouride Senegalese emigrated. It is the largest Mass Gathering (MG) event of the Mouride community and the largest Muslim religious MG in West Africa. The context of the Grand Magal MG is unique given its location in a tropical developing country and its international component which may favour the globalization of local endemic diseases and warrants investment in modern methods for public health surveillance and planning of the event.
Highlights
The Grand Magal is a religious pilgrimage that takes place in Senegal
In December 2019, an outbreak of a new disease named COVID19, caused by a novel coronavirus known as SARS-Cov2, appeared in Wuhan, China [1]
The Grand Magal of Touba (GMT) is the largest Muslim Mass Gathering (MG) in Africa between 4 and 5 million pilgrims each year estimated to celebrate the departure into exile of the Cheikh of the Mouride community, who was deported to Gabon by the French authorities in 1895 [4]
Summary
The Grand Magal is a religious pilgrimage that takes place in Senegal. An estimated 4–5 million individuals yearly gather in the holy city of Touba. On 2 May 2020, the number of confirmed cases went up to 1115, including 161 in the holy city of Touba, in the region of Diourbel, where the Grand Magal of Touba (GMT) is celebrated [3]. The GMT is the largest Muslim Mass Gathering (MG) in Africa between 4 and 5 million pilgrims each year estimated to celebrate the departure into exile of the Cheikh of the Mouride community, who was deported to Gabon by the French authorities in 1895 [4].
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