6 hours agoNo pilgrim has been infected with COVID-19 during the pilgrimage, WHO congratulates authorities
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(6 years ago)The Saudi Arab Health Ministry has declared that no pilgrim who has participated in this year's pilgrimage has been infected with Coronavirus so far. The Muslim ritual, which began on Tuesday and ends on Sunday, usually gathered over two million people, but after the spread of the Coronavirus, Saudi authorities were forced [...]
The Saudi Arab Health Ministry has declared that no pilgrim who has participated in this year's pilgrimage has been infected with Coronavirus so far.
The Muslim ritual, which began on Tuesday and ends on Sunday, usually gathers over two million people, but after the spread of the Coronavirus, Saudi authorities were forced to ban the pilgrimage of foreign citizens this year.
The state selected 1,000 local pilgrims and foreigners living in this country between the ages of 20 and 50 and placed two weeks quarantine before the pilgrimage, tested them, held social distance training and observed their situation, Dr. Abdullah Assiri, assistant minister of health.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebrreesus commended Saudi Arabia on Thursday for steps it has taken to prevent the spread of the virus, naming them as the powerful <x0... face of the kind of measures that states can and must take to deal with the new normal”.
On Saturday, Saudi Arabia recorded 1,573 new cases of coronary and 21 victims, writes “CNN”, Report Express.
This country has the highest number of infected people in the Arab world with a total of 277,478 affected, according to Health Ministry data.
