Corona in Saudi Arabia; Hajj Umrah is gradually resumed-Hajj Packages 2022

Saudi Arabia is extending its travel-restriction period and shifting the date for reopening the Kingdom’s borders from March 31 to May 17 due to delays in delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, authorities

The Ministry of Interior announcement came just weeks after the Saudi government penciled in the end of March to reopen the country’s land, sea, and air entry points for travel following a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Saudi Arabia lifts restrictions on Umrah pilgrims to Mecca and Medina. First, Saudi citizens, those who have the right to reside in this country, and citizens of specific countries are allowed to perform Hajj Umrah.

A view of the Hajj during the Corona crisis

For a year now, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has imposed travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the Corona virus, and millions of Muslims have not been able to perform the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia even held a very limited Hajj, the largest worship service in the Islamic world, in March. For the first time in the contemporary history of Islam, the Hajj was performed with the presence of only 10,000 pilgrims.

Saudi Arabia has now announced that it will allow citizens of certain countries to travel to Mecca and Medina, two holy cities for Muslims, to perform the Umrah pilgrimage. The Saudi government has said that travel restrictions for the Hajj will be lifted from the beginning of October.Book now Hajj Packages 2022 at cheap rates 

Residents of Saudi Arabia and foreigners residing in the country can return to the cities of Mecca and Medina for the Hajj on October 4th. Citizens of certain countries, which will be listed by the Saudi government, can also go on Hajj from November 1; However, their travel may only be permitted under certain conditions.

A statement issued by the official Saudi news agency said that in the first phase, 6,000 citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia are allowed to perform Hajj Umrah daily. In the second phase, from November 1, 5,000 foreign pilgrims can perform Hajj Umrah per day, and this capacity will increase to 20,000 per day.

Pilgrims are advised to submit their applications online to the Saudi Ministry of Hajj on a specified date. They can also choose to travel and register through tourism and pilgrimage agencies. Pilgrims may be regularly monitored for body temperature and, if necessary, placed in compulsory quarantine after the ceremony.

Saudi officials have announced that the gates of Mecca and Medina will be opened to all Muslims around the world with "natural capacity" as in the past, if the risk of a widespread outbreak of the Corona virus is completely eliminated.

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