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Senegal has stepped up its preventive measures against Covid-19 following a number of deaths during the pilgrimage to Mecca. At Diamniadio international airport, voluntary screening tests and the wearing of masks were re-imposed on the arrival of pilgrims. Health Minister Ibrahima Sy expressed concern about a possible link between the …

This Thursday, June 20, the death toll from the Hajj, the great Muslim pilgrimage which took place in Saudi Arabia under intense heat, exceeded 1,000, according to a count carried out by AFP using data provided by different countries. An Arab diplomat told AFP this Thursday that 58 additional deaths …

Arab diplomats announced on Tuesday, June 18 that at least 550 pilgrims had died during the hajj, the great Muslim pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, the majority Egyptians due to the heat. This annual pilgrimage, from Friday to Sunday, took place this year again in the middle of summer in …

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman approved a range of initiatives aimed at assisting firms and individuals operating in support of Islamic pilgrimages, Saudi state news agency SPA said late on Monday. The initiatives are aimed at mitigating the financial and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across the sector that provides …