NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HAJJ 2020

Nearly 2.5 million Muslims travel to Saudi Arabia from around the world to perform the annual #Hajj pilgrimage. This year, no overseas visitors will be allowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MEASURES WILL BE IN PLACE FOR HAJJ2020

PILGRIMS WILL BE TESTED FOR CORONA VIRUS BEFORE ARRIVING IN THE HOLY CITY OF MECCA AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE AT HOME AFTER THE RITUAL.

NO ONE OVER THE AGE OF 65 YEARS ALLOWED OR WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PERFORM HAJJ 2020.

HAVE FOREIGN VISITORS BEEN BARRED FROM PERFORMING HAJJ BEFORE?

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN SAUDI ARABIA NEARLY 90 YEARS HISTORY THAT FOREIGN VISITORS BARRED FROM PERFORMING HAJJ.

THE HAJJ CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WAR AND PAST EPIDEMICS THROUGHOUT HISTORY,BUT NOT SINCE FOUNDING OF SAUDI ARABIA IN 1932.