The Sunday Times of Singapore says this means the Malaysians are in danger of contracting diseases such as meningitis or spreading them.
The Sunday Times of Singapore says travel agents and doctors are involved in falsifying vaccination forms for pilgrims.
It said this tactic could see Malaysians contract diseases such as meningitis through mingling with millions of people from all over the world in Saudi Arabia or pass diseases to others there.They include some 30,000 Malaysians who go on the haj, staying in the kingdom for about a month and more than 200,000 who perform the umrah, spending some two weeks there.
“The problem was getting someone to sign our vaccination booklet. After months of looking around, we finally found an ustaz who runs a travel agency who was willing to do it for us, but we had to pay RM500 each,” she was quoted as saying. The Saudi Arabian government makes it compulsory for potential pilgrims to get the meningococcal vaccine before their visas can be approved. Other jabs are encouraged but not compulsory such as vaccinations against the flu.
“This record book is systematically verified by the health ministry and checked by Tabung Haji. There are no exceptions,” he was quoted as saying. The group rejects inoculations on grounds such as doubts about the halal status of vaccines, the report said.
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