Saudi Arabian establishments on Sunday re-opened the Muslim sacred places for Umrah pilgrimage on Sunday after a seven-month break due to the coronavirus.
Following coronavirus procedures, the first lot of Umrah pilgrims inwards in the wee hours of Sunday, said the Office of Hajj and Umrah on Twitter.
Without giving additional details, the ministry public photos of the visitors entering the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah.
Saudis and foreign peoples of the kingdom will be indorsed to perform Umrah or the slight pilgrimage, at the Grand Masjid at a 30% size or 6,000 people per day as of Sunday.
Earlier, the official SPA newscast agency reported that the blockade placed around the Kaaba and the holy Black Stone will continue in its place and visitors will be banned from touching them as part of the COVID-19 events.
Masjid al-Haram, where the Kaaba is situated, will be clean 10 times a day, SPA said, adding that isolation rooms were already ready for visitors showing indications of COVID-19.
Last week, Saudi Arabia proclaimed that it will slowly lift a coronavirus-related travel ban for the Umrah pilgrimage.
The SPA said both local and global worshippers coming for Umrah and worship will be acknowledged as of Nov. 1, while both Masjid al-Haram and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi will be unlocked for worship at full volume by taking COVID-19 protective events.
Several sites were ready, namely (Ajyad, Al-Shisha, Al-Gaza, and Al-Zahir) to collect the Umrah performers, then transport them to the Grand Masjid by buses, escorted by health facilities, rendering to the Saudi Press Agency.
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Masjid and the Prophet’s Masjid has placed current cameras, to save the Two Holy Masjids free of COVID-19
Due to the pandemic, the Hajj pilgrimage this year was incomplete to those living in Saudi Arabia and pilgrims from overseas were not accepted.
Umrah is the
Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah that Muslims can assume at any
time of the year.
