In Pictures: This Is How "Unprecedented" Hajj 2020 Is Different From Previous Years!

via https://youtu.be/gm5iiZAs1Jc In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Saudi government barred Muslims from entering the kingdom from abroad for the hajj. For the first time in Saudi history, from 1,000 to 10,000 pilgrims will attend the hajj as per the Saudi government. Muslims have started arriving Makkah for a dramatically scale-down hajj pilgrimage wearing face masks and socially distancing. Due to the exceptional global health circumstances caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Saudi government has applied strict precautionary measures to ensure a healthy hajj for all pilgrims. In the past years, we have seen hajj pilgrims praying shoulder to shoulder in a sea of people from different walks of life. Keeping in mind, around two million people attend the hajj every year, the holy places are overcrowded. The pilgrims for this year’s hajj are required to go through a strict process. Hajj 2020 vs Hajj 2019 In the past years, we normally saw men pushing their elderly parents around on wheelchairs in order to help them complete hajj. In the first rituals of the hajj, a limited number of pilgrims are to pray so they keep social distancing to limit exposure and the potential transmission of the coronavirus. Security personnel standby for temperature screening to detect the coronavirus disease as the pilgrims arrive. The ‘unprecedented’ hajj 0f 2020