DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia says this 12 months’s hajj pilgrimage will probably be restricted to not more than 60,000 individuals, all of them from inside the kingdom, because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The dominion made the announcement Saturday on its state-run Saudi Press Company.
It cited the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for making the choice.
In final 12 months’s hajj, as few as 1,000 individuals already residing in Saudi Arabia had been chosen to participate within the hajj. Two-thirds had been international residents from among the many 160 completely different nationalities that will have usually been represented on the hajj. One-third had been Saudi safety personnel and medical employees.
The dominion made the announcement Saturday on its state-run Saudi Press Company.
It cited the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for making the choice.
In final 12 months’s hajj, as few as 1,000 individuals already residing in Saudi Arabia had been chosen to participate within the hajj. Two-thirds had been international residents from among the many 160 completely different nationalities that will have usually been represented on the hajj. One-third had been Saudi safety personnel and medical employees.