The kingdom reopened the Grand Mosque in Makkah to domestic Umrah pilgrims on Sunday, July 25
The bus network consists of two stages and aims to serve pilgrims and residents of Makkah
Visitors are subject to strict Covid-19 precautionary protocols
The railway line’s services were suspended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The railway line’s services were suspended in March 2020 to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic
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The number of pilgrims allowed to perform Umrah has increased to 15,000 per day
The registration of Umrah pilgrims for the first 10 days has been completed
The number of pilgrims attending this year’s Hajj has been limited to 1,000
Only about 1,000 pilgrims – all from inside Saudi Arabia – have been permitted to perform Hajj this year
The project will see the addition of “tens of thousands” of hotel and residential units in Makkah in later phases
Several precautionary measures have to be followed at the mosques
More than 220,000 people from the country were expected to participate in this year’s Hajj
On April 25, Saudi reported 1,197 new Covid-19 cases with the highest number of new cases detected in Makkah
Temperatures are expected to exceed 48 degrees celsius