Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia considers cancelling annual Hajj for first time in centuries

Kingdom asks the pious to hold off on booking trips to Mecca, Borzou Daragahi reports

This combination of photos shows the difference in number of worshippers around the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque on March 7, 2020, and on August 13, 2019audi Arabia urged the pious to reconsider plans to make the annual pilgrimage to Mecca this year, raising the possibility the coronavirus pandemic could cause the first cancellation of the Hajj in centuries.

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