JEDDAH: Pilgrims at this year’s Hajj have been given a clean bill of health by Saudi authorities who confirmed on Saturday that no cases of epidemic or quarantine disease have been reported.
The Ministry of Health said that 1,647,351 pilgrims were provided with preventive services through health outlets from the first of the month of Dul Qadah until Saturday.
The general rate of commitment among the pilgrims to take preventive vaccines stood at about 80 percent for meningitis, 96.3 percent for yellow fever and 87.5 percent for polio, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the ministry also provided emergency services in Makkah and Madinah hospitals to 280,773 pilgrims, bringing to 17,820 the number of visits to clinics, while medical centers treated 246,156 outpatients.
The number of cases hospitalized was 1,651, with nine births recorded.
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Hajj pilgrims get clean bill of health
Hajj pilgrims get clean bill of health
- 50% of pilgrims are headed directly to Madinah and 50% are headed to Makkah and will visit Madinah after Hajj season
Saudi, Jordanian foreign ministers discuss regional developments in Riyadh
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan received Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi in Riyadh on Sunday.
The two sides reviewed the longstanding relations between the two kingdoms and explored opportunities to enhance cooperation across a range of fields, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
They also discussed the latest regional and international developments and ways to coordinate positions on issues of mutual interest.
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