27 Apr 2020
The Public Health Administration has set up a special operations room in the holy city’s Directorate of Health Affairs to monitor and follow up the registered cases of infection with novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Monday.
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27 Apr 2020
“Where there's a will, there's a way," the old adage certainly holds true for Saudi citizens in Makkah and Madinah who used to host iftar meals for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and visitors from all corners of the world gathered inside the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque as well as in their courtyards.
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27 Apr 2020
Despite the pandemic gripping the world, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the holiest site in Islam, is still officially scheduled for late July. Although the kingdom has asked Muslims to postpone their trips, unless it suspends the hajj, it poses devastating health risks.
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27 Apr 2020
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has advised intending pilgrims to continue with the 2020 Hajj registration pending the Saudi Arabia Kingdom’s final position. NAHCON, in a statement on Sunday by its Head of Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara, said Saudi Arabian authorities had not taken a final decision on cancellation or otherwise of the …
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27 Apr 2020
Indonesia has banned commercial flying from 24 April until 1 June, in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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