Learn about the health conditions for Hajj for the year 2024/1445

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - <strong>The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah</strong> revealed last Sunday the requirements and recommendations that were adopted <strong>for the</strong> <strong>Hajj season of 1445 AH</strong> , which include immunizing pilgrims against a number of diseases, in addition to directives to countries regarding the health status of guests coming to the Kingdom.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pilgrims inside Saudi Arabia</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Ministry explained in a statement today that the necessary immunizations for pilgrims inside the Kingdom this year, which require documentation in the “My Health” application, include:</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One dose of <strong>Covid-19 vaccine.</strong></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One dose of <strong>influenza vaccine</strong> must have been given within 2024.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One dose of <strong>meningitis vaccine</strong> , which must have been given within the past five years. </li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89%20%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B7%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AC%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%202024%20%201445.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pilgrims outside Saudi Arabia</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> For pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has confirmed the following requirements:</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The pilgrim must have received the <strong>Neisseria meningitis</strong> <strong>vaccine</strong> , and at least 10 days and no more than 5 years must have passed since he received the vaccine. The health authority in their country must ensure that they receive the vaccine in a timely manner, and document the name of the vaccine and the date it was received in Vaccination certificate.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pilgrims also require at least one dose of <strong>bivalent oral</strong> <strong>polio vaccine</strong> or inactivated polio vaccine.</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A... are the basic preparations before Hajj?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Diseases that interfere with physical ability</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Regarding diseases that interfere with physical ability, the Saudi Ministry of Health has advised the countries from which pilgrims come to ensure that they are free of these diseases, which may hinder them from performing rituals, such as:</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Advanced renal failure.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Advanced heart failure.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Chronic lung diseases.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Advanced liver cirrhosis.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Severe neurological diseases.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Aging accompanied by dementia.</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Saudi Health stressed the importance of pilgrims suffering from chronic diseases carrying with them the necessary medications and health status checks, in addition to immunization against the targeted diseases.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B... taxis to transport the guests of God and drones during the Hajj season 1445</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%... Arabia | Launching the “Hajj Aid” service to enable seasonal work during Hajj 1445 AH</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.net/health/2024/4/22/%D9%87%D8%B0%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%...