Pilgrims gather for virus-hit hajj as US, India record grim data

Mask-clad Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia’s holiest site for a hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday that has been massively scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic, as the US, China and India registered alarming new figures. All worshippers are being tested before arriving at the site and will have to quarantine after the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, which has one of the largest outbreaks in the Middle East.