MAKKAH: An authorities at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Wednesday held a workshop to announce brand-new quarantine rules for foreign pilgrims due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the Kingdom opens the Holy Mosque to worshippers on November 1.
According to the deputy minister for Hajj and Umrah Solutions, Dr Amr Almaddah, foreign pilgrims would now be required to go into a three-day quarantine upon arrival into Saudi Arabia.
What follows quarantine?
Umrah business are accountable for educating the pilgrims, he included, noting that when their quarantine duration ends, they would transfer the worshippers to the closest Miqat to put on their Ihrams and resume the rituals.
Dr Almaddah highlighted that the Hajj and Umrah ministry has “allocated 10%of the hotels [operations] to separate pilgrims believed of being contaminated with the coronavirus, God forbid”.
Umrah business should apprise the foreign pilgrims of the preventive steps that should be applied throughout the Umrah journey, he added.
The ministry, he said, has likewise established legislation and different controls to secure the health of everybody– both residing in the Kingdom and those being available in to Saudi Arabia to carry out Umrah– and developed a conducive environment for partners in the Umrah sector.
Saudi CDC monitoring coronavirus situation
The official further noted that the Saudi Center for Illness Prevention and Control (Weqaya) was on alert concerning the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) circumstance in all the countries from where the pilgrims would be can be found in order to remain abreast of required info that might be relayed to authorities ahead of Umrah arrivals.
The third phase of Umrah resumption in the Kingdom starts November 1 and it is then that the foreign pilgrims, restricted to 20,000– would be let into the Kingdom. They would be permitted to perform everyday rituals on the condition of strict adherence to the social distancing procedures.
Over 1.2 million Umrah allows provided
Separately, the Saudi Press Company (HEALTH SPA) stated on Twitter the variety of individuals signed up on the Eatmarna app stood at 1,433,176, as of Rabiul Awwal 10, 1442 AH.
The total number of approved applications from Umrah beneficiaries were 1,226,715, as of the same date, it added.
Dr Almaddah highlighted that it was necessary for foreign pilgrims to have full medical insurance coverage ought to they develop COVID-19 symptoms or contract the infection, according to Arab News
Lodging; hotels and requirements
Moreover, Al Khaleej Today quoted another official as mentioning that the Kingdom has more than “1,800 hotels and over 250,000 real estate systems in Makkah and these consist of furnished spaces and homes”.
A member of the national Hajj and Umrah committee, Muhammad Al-Qurashi, described that hotels starting from three stars and approximately five stars need to ensure the greatest requirements of precautionary steps
3 meals a day mandatory
The hotels ranging from three to 5 star should apply the highest standards of coronavirus preventive measures during the time the foreign pilgrims stay in Saudi Arabia.
” With the start of the third stage on Sunday, around 30-40%of hotels in the central Haram area and hotels near the Grand Mosque will be functional,” he stated, according to the publication.
The Hajj and Umrah ministry has made it obligatory for hotels to make sure the room rent includes 3 meals a day for each pilgrim throughout the quarantine duration. Open buffets at all hotels have actually been prohibited during this duration.
While in quarantine, it must be ensured that no greater than 2 individuals stay in one room and all family members should make sure social distancing of 1.5 metres (around 5ft).
Supervisors and guards would be stationed at each hotel to guarantee no pilgrim leaves unnecessarily and to facilitate their exit.
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