Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj on Saturday informed that it will alllow as many as 60,000 people for this year’s hajj pilgrimage.
The Ministry also said that the 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom will only allow performing the annual hajj.
The pilgrimage, scheduled to be held at the end of July, would be limited to those who have been vaccinated and are below 65 years of age with no chronic illnesses, it said.
It will be the second year in a row that the kingdom hosts a downscaled hajj amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Only up to 10,000 Muslims took part last year, a far cry from the 2.5 million who participated in the five-day annual pilgrimage in 2019.
