Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume 27, Issue 3, April 2020
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/issue/27/3

A single mass gathering resulted in massive transmission of COVID-19 infections in Malaysia with further international spread
Nor Fazila Che Mat, PhD, Hisham Atan Edinur, PhD, Mohammad Khairul Azhar Abdul Razab, PhD, Sabreena Safuan, PhD
Journal of Travel Medicine, Volume 27, Issue 3, April 2020, taaa059, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa059
Malaysia has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia with more than 35% of new COVID-19 cases linked to the Sri Petaling gathering, a Moslem missionary movement attended by more than 19 000 people of different nationalities, in March 2020 in Kuala Lumpur. From this cluster, 1701 samples have been tested positive out of 21 920 tests carried out. Thus, mass gathering during COVID-19 pandemic period should be banned to curb disease transmission.