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Saudi Arabia says it will begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from vaccinated foreign worshippers starting on August 9. The announcement on state media early on Sunday came about 18 months after the kingdom closed its borders to foreign pilgrims due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Saudi Press Agency said authorities in the ministry that coordinates […]
Saudi Arabia barred foreign pilgrims for the holy pilgrimage Hajj and restricted the maximum attendance to 60,000 residents in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Those wishing to perform the hajj must be free of chronic diseases and be vaccinated” and between the ages of 18 and 65, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. […]
The novel coronavirus has impacted tens of thousands of pilgrims who visit the holy city of Hajj each year in Saudi Arabia. Its estimated that close to two and a half million people visit Mecca and Medina annually. However, this year the number has been reduced to a mere 10,000. A viral photograph shows pilgrims maintaining social […]
Thirty-five people were killed and four injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck in the Saudi province of Medina. The private bus carried 39 pilgrims from Asian and Arab countries, collided with a “heavy vehicle” in the town of al-Akhal on Wednesday. Saudi Press Agency reported that the crash happened around 7pm local time […]