Meningitis – Neisseria — Saudi Arabia
Date: Thu 9 Jul 2015
Source: Pakistan Today [edited]
Saudi authorities have made a meningitis vaccination compulsory for all people planning to come for Hajj [annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca] this year [2015], according to sources. The Saudi foreign ministry has sent a circular abroad asking people to follow quarantine regulations while issuing visas to intending pilgrims, according to health ministry spokesman Khalid Al Mirghalani.
The pilgrims must be vaccinated against the
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