Covid fears could see Saudi Arabia bar Muslim pilgrims from Hajj pilgrimage for second year ...Kuwait

While new variants of Covid-19 spreading across the globe, Saudi Arabia is looking to prohibit foreign pilgrims from carrying out the annual Hajj. Saudi Arabia is considering a ban on foreign Muslim pilgrims for this year's Hajj due to fears over rising Covid-19 cases worldwide and new variants. The decision would prohibit Muslims from overseas from travelling to Mecca - considered the holiest site in Islam - for the ten-day religious festival which marks the end of Ramadan.Sources told Reuters that no final decision has been taken on whether to ban foreign visitors but the recent wave of infections in India make it likely that restrictions will be put in place for Hajj.Saudi Minister Dr

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