BPH: 75,887 Hajj Candidates Have Been Departed To The Holy Land

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JAKARTA - Deputy for Coordination of Domestic Hajj Services of the Hajj Organizing Agency (BPH) of the Republic of Indonesia Puji Raharjo said 75,887 Hajj candidates had been dispatched to the Holy Land to carry out the pilgrimage.

"Until now as many as 193 flying groups (clusters) have departed from various embarkations in the country, with a total of 75,887 JCH (Jamaah Prospective Hajj) or above 30 percent," he said at the Lampung Hajj Dormitory in Bandarlampung City, quoted by Antara, Monday, May 12.

He explained that the implementation of the departure of pilgrims in Indonesia in 1446 Hijri/2025 AD has so far been running smoothly, despite a number of technical problems.

"Especially related to filling empty chairs (open seats) by pilgrims from other groups. This causes discrepancies in data that affect sharia services in the Holy Land," he said.

However, he said, the government has coordinated and taken a number of mitigation steps so that changes in the pattern of these services do not have a major impact on the comfort of the congregation.

"Indonesian Hajj officers are still mitigating so that this does not have much impact on pilgrims," he said.

He said the JCH health aspect was also the government's main concern this year.

"This year, the Indonesian government requires all pilgrims and Hajj officers, including those who use non-coota visas, to receive meningitis vaccines and polio vaccines, considering the discovery of polio cases in the country," he said.

He said this year the government is strengthening health screening so that the death rate will decrease, this is also one of the efforts so that there will be no more restrictions on Hajj in the coming years.

"Therefore, the government continues to appeal to JCH who has not been dispatched to complete the vaccination and ensure the readiness of travel documents before departure time," he said.