The Ministry of Health has advised pilgrims to stay away from crowded areas during their stay in the holy sites to perform their Hajj rituals. The Ministry stated that jostling is a vital factor to spread diseases in addition to the danger it causes to the lives of pilgrims specially the elderly and disabled. The Ministry also called on all to be clean in dresses and places to avoid health and environmental problems that may hinder them from performing their Hajj rituals easily.