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Saudis Ban Mecca Pilgrimages Over Covid-19 Fears; Last Major Hajj Outbreak Killed 35,000

• https://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

Given approximately a whopping quarter of world's population identifies as Muslim, and each adherent is supposed to make the trip as a "religious duty" at least once in their lives, the latest coronavirus news out of the Middle East is almost unprecedented and hugely disruptive to travel patterns into the gulf region.

Saudi Arabia has now suspended entry visas for pilgrim's wishing to visit the kingdom's holy sites, the foreign ministry has announced. 

The AFP reports:

The government is "suspending entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque temporarily", the foreign ministry said in a statement, referring to the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be undertaken at any time of year.


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