SAUDI SHUTS MORE MOSQUES AFTER WORSHIPPERS TEST COVID-19 POSITIVE

  • 17/02/2021

As many as 79 mosques have been temporarily closed in Saudi Arabia in the past nine days after several worshippers tested positive for COVID-19 .The ministry indicated that two mosques in the Riyadh region, a mosque in the Makkah region, two mosques in the governorates of Al-Ahsa and Dammam in the eastern region, two mosques in Buraidah in the Qassim region, a mosque in Abha province in the Asir region, and a mosque in the Medina region was closed.

The ministry called on worshipers to ensure the implementation of all precautionary measures to prevent the COVID-19 and to sense responsibility towards the homes of God and their visitors, calling upon everyone to cooperate in reporting any laxity in applying the precautionary measures in mosques by calling the Unified Call Center 1933.

The increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases have also led the authorities to shut all recreational activities and events, the closure of cinemas, indoor entertainment centers, independent indoor games venues or those located in restaurants, shopping centers, gyms, sports centers, including restrictions in the provision of internal ordering services in restaurants, cafes, etc.

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