Saudi Arabia | Determining the date of the start of the ban on entering Makkah Al-Mukarramah without a permit

Weather of Arabia - The health protocols and requirements adopted by the Ministry of Health tightened the prohibition of entry to the holy sites during the Hajj season of this year 1442 AH, without obtaining a permit, starting from the first of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, and until the fifteenth of the same month.

The requirements included making sure that workers and workers received the Corona virus vaccine 14 days before the start of the season, measuring the temperature of service providers daily, removing all drinking refrigerators, providing drinking water in single-use containers, ensuring good ventilation, providing sterilizers and hand sanitizers, and cleaning surfaces and toilets regularly. Periodically, focusing on surfaces where the possibility of contact is more, and epidemiological investigation of the virus (Covid 19) in the rites of Hajj, following it up and preventing crowding at toilets and light washbasins, with the necessity of having supervisors

On the other hand, companies and institutions for domestic pilgrims have started preparing their camps for this year's Hajj season in Mina, after the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah handed over these camps to the operating companies. The companies are seeking to complete the preparation work well before the arrival of the pilgrims, especially in light of the need to provide many requirements for combating the Corona virus in these camps in order to achieve distance between the pilgrims.

Source: Okaz newspaper