The Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that it has not recorded any cases of epidemics or quarantine diseases among Hajj pilgrims arriving from around the world to perform Hajj this year.
The ministry said that it focuses on the precautionary aspects of pilgrims, and follows developments and changes in the global health situation, in cooperation with the World Health Organization.
The ministry said it has taken many precautionary measures, including the issuance of mandatory health requirements for pilgrims in Hajj season according to global epidemiological variables.
The general percentage of the commitment of pilgrims to precautionary vaccines to date is 87.4pc, for Meningitis, 67.3pc for yellow fever and 95.3pc for poliomyelitis.
