The public health advisors from all over the world have issued caution that the large crowd or people mass gathering like 2012 Olympics in London are more likely to be the rising ground for diseases.

Dire results await, if this is the condition, for the hosting nation and the guests i.e. the visitors. The people who go back to their country carry the risk of spreading the disease there.

They are of the view that certain crucial issues pertain with regards to tackling horde of people. All the dangers have been brought to light by ‘The Lancet Infectious Disease journal’. The disease will spread easily with lots of people compacted closely.

According to Prof Ibrahim Abubakar of University of East Anglia tells that diseases already present in country hosting the Olympics and in the home towns of the guest visitors pose much danger.

Large number of people collecting together in the ceremonies like music or religious festivals and main sporting events are likely to be a source of danger for public health. This light include instances like the outburst of influenza in Australia all through in the World Youth Day in 2008.

Another report proposed the view of frequent air travel, extends of disease might carry “potentially serious implications to health, security, and economic activity worldwide”.

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This report also indicates that the real test lies ahead in regulating more number of people. It also indicated towards ‘stampede at the 2010 Love Parade in Germany’. In this incident, as many as 500 people were injured and 21 died.

Saudi Arabia needs to make cautious arrangements for the largest gathering in the whole world- Hajj, where around 2 million or even more people take part.

In the opinion of Prof Ziad Memish, from the country’s Ministry of Health: “Conventional concepts of disease and crowd control do not adequately address the complexity of mass gatherings.

Mass gatherings have been associated with death and destruction – catastrophic stampedes, collapse of venues, crowd violence and damage to political and commercial infrastructure.”

According to the head of Health Protection Agency, making arrangements for 2012 Olympics in London, Prof Brian McCloskey said- “The history of the Olympic Games suggests infection doesn’t happen often.”The issue for us is to make sure the right system is in place to respond.”

He makes constant attempts to enhance the disease surveillance of the agency. It would consist of data directly from walk-in centers and hospitals. And, this will “leave a legacy of probably the most comprehensive disease surveillance system in the world”.