Restrictions are temporary and will be continuously reviewed by the health authorities

Saudi Arabia has placed a temporary ban on Umrah pilgrims in an attempt to ensure public safety by preventing the spread of the coronavirus.

Most foreign pilgrims often visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah before or after the completion of their religious duties in Makkah, this has also been halted.

It is one of a number of precautionary restrictions announced early on Thursday as health authorities in the Kingdom closely monitor the spread of the virus. Tourist-visa holders from countries judged to pose a particularly high risk of spreading the virus will also be denied entry.

In addition, Saudi nationals and citizens of Gulf Cooperation Council nations will not be able to use a national identity card to travel to and from the Kingdom for the time being. Exceptions to this shall be granted to Saudis returning home, and citizens of GCC countries who are in the Kingdom and want to return to their home countries provided that they left or entered the Kingdom using a national identity card.

Health authorities at entry points will verify which countries travelers visited before arriving in Saudi Arabia and apply all necessary precautionary measures.

Saudi officials stressed that the restrictions are temporary and will be continuously reviewed by the health authorities. They reiterated the Kingdom’s support for and implementation of international efforts to limit the spread of the virus, and the Foreign Ministry urged citizens not to travel to the countries worst affected by the coronavirus.

Nearly 7 million Umrah pilgrims visit the Kingdom each year, the majority of whom arrive at airports in Jeddah and Madinah.

Earlier, it emerged that seven Saudis are among the latest coronavirus cases in Bahrain and Kuwait. The Bahraini Ministry of Health on Wednesday said six Saudi women have tested positive for the virus.

They had arrived at Bahrain International Airport on a flight from Iran. The total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 26. Studies at schools and universities have been suspended for two weeks in an effort to limit the spread of the virus.

Kuwait announced the first case of a Saudi citizen infected by the virus. The man, who had arrived in the country from the Iranian city of Mashhad, has been placed in quarantine for 14 days. There have been 26 confirmed cases of the virus to date in Kuwait.

The Saudi Ministry of Health has been providing neighboring Arab countries with advice and guidelines for controlling infectious diseases such as the coronavirus and dealing with health emergencies.

Dr. Hani bin Abdul Aziz Jokhdar, the deputy minister of public health, said that the guidelines were based on Saudi Arabia’s experience of protecting the health and well-being of pilgrims during Hajj season.

He led the Kingdom’s delegation at a meeting of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers for Health on Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.

Righteousness89:
Even to Pray!! This is Serious!

The Solution to these Pestilence Ravaging the World is in our Hands..

GOD ALMIGHTY IS the Creator of the Heaven and Earth.. Our Generation has Failed HIM in Flying colors. Only The Mercy of GOD can save this Collasping Generation ..

" 2 Chronicles 7:13-14" is the Answer...
A Prayer of Mercy from the UN General Assembly which will have in attendance all Nations in the World will stop all these Nonsense .



13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

The United Nation should call all Nations For and appoint a Servant of GOD to pray..


But I am quite Sure they will never do it...

The Ungodliness, Wickedness and Abomination in this Generation has Exceeded that of the Noah Generation and Sodom and Gomorrah Generation ..

Davash222:
Our darling MURIC will protest against this.

Fasindo:















This is un Islamic, we Muslim ummahs in Nigeria together with MURIC will protest against it.

Holy Books said we should die for Allah cos their is always a reward for it.
Saudi Arabia is no more following the teachings of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)

But why is Saudi Arabia afraid of dieying I thought when they die why performing their Islamic duties like bombing they will be giving 72 virgin
Or did quoran note state the rewards of someone that of disease why doing pilgrim


Watch out how Shekau will protest against this by targeting more Christians nd killing them

Davash222:
Our darling MURIC will protest against this.