Haj piligrimage to continue despite MERS increase

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Riyadh, April 21 (IANS) Saudi Arabia is ready for the annual Islamic haj pilgrimage despite an increase in cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection, the health ministry said Monday. The haj is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, a city in Saudi Arabia, and is the largest gathering of Muslim people in the world every year. A tradition for the past 14 centuries, the pilgrimage sees at least two million people from Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world coming to Mecca every year. The deadly MERS coronavirus infection has claimed 69 lives in Saudi Arabia.

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