SAUDI ARABIA TEMPORARILY BARS GCC CITIZENS FROM MECCA, MEDINA OVER CORONAVIRUS

Last Thursday, Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended entry for individuals seeking to perform Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca or visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, as well as tourists traveling from countries where the coronavirus poses a risk as determined by the Kingdom’s health authorities.

#Statement | Saudi Arabia Temporarily Suspends Entry of #GCC Member States’ Citizens to #Makkah and #Madinah pic.twitter.com/BZxaEWWNwr

— Foreign Ministry ?? (@KSAmofaEN) February 28, 2020

The Saudi Arabian foreign ministry said the decision to suspend the entry of GCC citizens was based on the recommendations of health authorities to apply the “highest precautionary standards to surround the virus and prevent its spread locally and globally.”

“The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirms that it is closely following developments in the spread of the virus and its repercussions on an ongoing basis, and that the precautionary measures are being reviewed according to any new developments, and additional measures shall be taken if the need arises,” the foreign ministry said in its statement.

-Source: alarabiya.net

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