Saudi Arabia on Thursday purged the Masjid Al-Haram, Islam’s holiest site, for sanitization over fears of trepidation of the new coronavirus. the Kingdom has already suspended the year-round Umrah pilgrimage.
State TV transferred staggering pictures of an unfilled white-tiled zone encompassing the Kaaba( Masjid Al-Haram) — inside Makkah’s Grand Mosque, which is generally stuffed with a huge number of pilgrims from all over the world.
The move was a “transitory preventive measure” however the upper floors of the Grand Mosque were as yet open for prayers, a Saudi authority stated.
On Wednesday, KSA stopped the Umrah journey for its own residents and citizens.
The move came after specialists a week ago suspended visas for the Umrah and banished residents from the six-country Gulf Cooperation Council from entering Makkah and Madina.
Saudi Arabia on Thursday pronounced three new coronavirus cases, bringing the all out number of revealed infections to five.
The choice to suspend the Umrah comes prior to the sacred fasting month of Ramazan beginning in late April. It is muddled how the coronavirus will influence the Haj, because of start in late July.
Some 2.5 million dedicated ventured out to Saudi Arabia from over the world in 2019 to perform the Haj Pilgrimage.
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