News Source: Seattle Times
| 17 days ago
Saudi Arabia — The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year. Abdullah al-Rabeeah said it is the responsibility of individual countries...
News Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 17 days ago
The Saudi health minister says the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year. Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah says it is the responsibility of individual countries to enforce...
News Source: Zawya Regional
| 17 days ago
Saudi Arabia began vaccinating its population against swine flu on Saturday, with priority going to government employees working on the annual hajj pilgrimage that takes place later this month. officials were the first to receive the inoculation...
News Source: Eurasianet
| 18 days ago
Concerns about the spread of swine flu are creating an additional hurdle for Central Asian believers hoping to make the Hajj, or the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Some believers in the region say that Central Asian governments do more to frustrate than...