PM chairs meeting on preparations for Hajj season

CAIRO - 30 July 2017: Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Sunday chaired a meeting of the high committee for Hajj (pilgrimage) to follow up the final preparations for the season.

Ministers of health, solidarity, tourism and awqaf were present during the meeting.

The committee made the final preparations for the season, which will include 76,138 pilgrims, Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali said.

The premier directed for the first time to establish a 24-hour central operations room at the Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), with a hotline to receive any complaints or emergency cases, with scenarios set to tackle with each kind of issue, she added.