Coronavirus: 29/7 pilgrimage to Mecca, only 1000

- RIAD, 20 JUL - This year the hajji, the traditional pilgrimage to the Sacred Mosque of Mecca, will begin on 29 July and - due to the coronavirus effect - only 1,000 Muslim pilgrims will be able to participate. Saudi authorities announced it.
    Usually about 2.5 million people participate in the ritual which lasts several days each year. The moment of hajj is determined by the position of the moon, according to the Islamic lunar calendar.
    Last month, in the midst of a pandemic, Saudi Arabia announced that it would hold a "very limited" hajj. In the kingdom there were 253,349 infections and 2,523 victims, the highest number in the Gulf