Covid-19 repercussions disrupt traditional standards for Haj

The Saudi Ministry of Haj and Umrah continued to set new standards and controls for Haj for the third year in a row, after it was decided to raise the number of pilgrims to 1mn from within and outside the kingdom. This comes as the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic led to the development of exceptional standards and conditions, most notably: reducing the share of all countries by 45%, setting a higher ceiling for the age of the pilgrim, in addition to some health conditions related to receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, as well as creating an electronic path that contains all the details related to Haj, in addition to administrative and logistical standards during the performance of religious rites in the holy land. Abdel Nasser Fakhro