Arrangements being made to give COVID-19 vaccine to Haj pilgrims: Naqvi
New Delhi, Jan 06: Arrangements are being made to provide coronavirus vaccine to all the people who will go to perform Haj from India, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.
The minister was speaking after chairing a meeting of the Haj Committee of India officials and Haj Group organisers at Haj House in Mumbai.
"Today discussed various issues concerned to Haj 2021 with Haj Committee of India officials and Haj Group Organisers at Haj House in Mumbai. Arrangements are being made to give Corona vaccine to all the people who will go to perform Haj from India," the Union Minister informed via Twitter.
Last
month,
during
a
meeting
with
the
Haj
Committee
here
to
discuss
the
preparations
and
registrations
for
Haj
2021,
Naqvi
lauded
the
committee
for
making
the
registration
process
"100
per
cent"
digital,
in
turn
making
India
the
"first
country"
to
do
so.
The
last
date
for
submission
of
forms
for
Haj
2021
has
been
extended
till
January
10,
2021.
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