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cord-315059-l6guql8q	Mubarak, Naeem	Corona and Clergy: The missing link for an effective social distancing in Pakistan. Time for some unpopular decisions	2020-04-30		.txt	text/plain	475	44	73	title: Corona and Clergy: The missing link for an effective social distancing in Pakistan. To begin with, more than half of the COVID-19 cases in Malaysia received virus 11 in a congregation of 16000 believers from 30 countries. Pakistan's case is of concern due to a fragile healthcare system, poor hygiene practices, 20 limited access to healthcare, and steep rise in the number of local cases in a population bigger 21 than Italy and Iran combined. Evidence supports the substantial impact of social distancing as 22 a viable practice to contain the spread of the virus. In Pakistan, the practice of social distancing 24 Email: naeem.mubarak@lmdc.edu.pk Tel: 00-92-42-37392215 Muslim world, and cancelled Umrah (pilgrimage). for Pakistan to implement social distancing in the holy month of Ramadan (26 th April) when 46 influx in mosques increases many-fold for daily prayers and Tarawih (an additional prayer in 47 Email: naeem.mubarak@lmdc.edu.pk Tel: 00-92-42-37392215 79 80 COVID-19: Pakistan to allow mosques prayers in 70	./cache/cord-315059-l6guql8q.txt	./txt/cord-315059-l6guql8q.txt