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***[[Saudi Arabia]] bans foreign travelers for the second year in a row for the [[Hajj]] pilgrimage, allowing only native residents to take part in it and only for those aged between 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases. It also set a maximum number of participants at 60,000. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-bars-foreign-travellers-haj-over-covid-19-spa-2021-06-12/ (Reuters)] |
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Revision as of 13:54, 12 June 2021
June 12, 2021 (Saturday)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia bans foreign travelers for the second year in a row for the Hajj pilgrimage, allowing only native residents to take part in it and only for those aged between 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases. It also set a maximum number of participants at 60,000. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
Law and crime
- At least 13 people are injured in a mass shooting in Austin, Texas. (CNN)
- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow is released from prison after serving more than six months behind bars for an unauthorized assembly during the 2019 protests. (Voice of America)