Haj pilgrims will have to submit COVID-19 negative report 72 hours prior to their journey to Saudi Arabia in 2021, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday.
The Haj Committee of India has issued the action plan for Haj pilgrimage 2021 with precautionary measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. The guidelines will be issued soon.
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Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on September 26 informed that government is considering to start process of Haj 2021 application from October-November.
Saudi Arabia on Monday announced a series of measures to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the annual Haj pilgrimage scheduled to take place later this month.
Executive Officer of Bihar Haj Committee, Rashid Hussain on June 29 stated the Committee has requested the central government that people who had registered for Haj 2020 should be given priority when registration for Haj 2021 starts.
Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on June 23 said that the government has decided to cancel the Haj 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The government has decided that Muslims from India will not travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020 after the kingdom conveyed that pilgrims should not be sent this year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Saudi Arabian authorities were considering cancelling the annual Haj pilgrimage season for the first time since the establishment of the Kingdom in 1932, after the number of coronavirus infections exceeded 100,000
With uncertainty looming over Haj this year due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Telangana State Haj Committee on Saturday announced that those who desire to cancel their pilgrimage can do so and will get 100 per cent refund.
As India's coronavirus case count breaches 2,000-mark, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that as many as 16 Haj houses across the country have been turned into quarantine centres for Cororonavirus cases.
Amid the rising number of cases of Novel Coronavirus, Ghaziabad district administration has decided to set up a 500-bed quarantine facility at Ala Hazrat Haj House in Arthala to combat the deadly outbreak.
UP govt to turn Aala Hajrat Haj House in Ghaziabad into isolation centre for Coronavirus patients
Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to confirm all the 6,028 Hajj applications recommended by Tamil Nadu for this year's pilgrimage.
With the 100 per cent implementation of digital/online Haj process in India, the Indian Muslims' dream of 'Ease of Doing Haj' has been fulfilled, said Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here on Monday.
Muslims going to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj and the Christians visiting holy places in Jerusalem will get higher financial help. The assistance for those with an annual income of below Rs 3 lakh will get Rs 60,000 against Rs 40,000 under the existing scheme.
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