One million pilgrims at Hajj this year..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
One million pilgrims at Hajj this year..!?
Saudi Arabia today (Saturday, april 7, 2022) announced that it will allow a total of one million pilgrims to perform the Hajj this year. As the pandemic control intensified after the impact of the coronavirus, the pilgrimage of Islamists was paralyzed for two years. Announcing this year's Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj said that a total of one million Muslims have been recognized as foreign and domestic pilgrims for this year's Hajj pilgrimage.
The Hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious pilgrimages in the world in general, was attended by about 2.5 million people in 2019. But after the onset of the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, Saudi authorities allowed only 1,000 pilgrims to attend.Next year, by 2021, 60,000 people selected by lottery will be allowed on the pilgrimage. saudi arabia has said this year's Hajj pilgrimage can only be carried out by people under the age of 65, and that applying Islamists must be vaccinated, which has caused outrage among Muslims abroad.

Those coming from outside saudi arabia must show the Covid-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of the trip. The Saudi government says it should have noted that they have no corona exposure. The government wants to ensure the safety of pilgrims while ensuring that the maximum number of Muslims worldwide can perform the Hajj said the report on Hajj.

The Hajj pilgrimage is a five-day pilgrimage to Mecca, the holy city of islam, and the surrounding areas of western Saudi Arabia. Arrangements for the Hajj pilgrimage are a matter of special honor for the Saudi rulers because the honor of being the guardian of the holy places of islam is the most powerful resource in the country.
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