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Scaled back Hajj expedition due to start

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Jul 29, 2020
Scaled back Hajj expedition due to start

Workers clean while a few pilgrims pray in front of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on 27 July 2020 Image copyright
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Preparations were under way at the Grand Mosque in Capital to invite this year’s pilgrims.

International visitors have been banned from making the journey to Mecca, to try to suppress the pandemic.

Those taking part were subject to temperature checks and infection tests as they started showing up in Mecca at the weekend, AFP news firm reports.

Worshippers will likewise have to quarantine prior to and after the expedition.

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