Covid-19: Saudi Arabia to allow 60,000 people for Hajj pilgrimage

In view of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, Saudi Arabia will only allow 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, for the hajj pilgrimage this year.

Saudi Arabia has said that this year's hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The kingdom made the announcement on Saturday on its state-run Saudi Press Agency. It cited the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for making the decision.