SAUDI ARABIA MAKES CORONA VIRUS VACCINE MANDATORY FOR HAJJ PILGRIMAGE

  • 06/04/2021

The Saudi authorities said that only those people who have taken the COVID jab and immunised against COVID-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage, starting from the holy month of Ramadan .The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah released a statement and said that only “immunised people” will be granted permits to perform Umrah as well as prayers in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca.The statement further added that people who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine or those having received one dose of the vaccine at least 14 days before performing the pilgrimage, or a person who has recovered from the virus will be allowed to perform the ritual.The kingdom’s health ministry said it has administered more than five million coronavirus vaccines, in a country with a population of over 34 million.

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