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Foreign pilgrims this year will not be able to perform the Hajj. Riyadh forbade them to visit Mecca and Medina because of the spread worldwide of the new coronavirus, reports BBC News.

the Exception is Saudi authorities have made a small number of local residents.

3 million pilgrims visiting the Holy shrines of Islam in Saudi Arabia, at least two million are foreigners.

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