MECCA, Saudi Arabia: Some two million Muslims poured out of the holy city of Mecca on Sunday to begin the annual hajj, their numbers reduced on fears of the MERS virus.
Saudi Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabia told reporters on Saturday that authorities had so far detected no cases among the pilgrims of the virus which has killed 60 people worldwide, 51 of them in Saudi Arabia.
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