Docs: Haj pilgrims must be vaccinated

Muslim pilgrims circle counterclockwise Islam's holiest shrine, the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, late on September 21, 2015.-AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: Pilgrims inten­ding to perform the haj must be prepared to get vaccinated, say doctors.

Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital respiratory department head Dr Razul Md Nazri Md Kassim said those who refuse to be vacci­nated would be barred from going for the pilgrimage.