Saudi Arabia Opens Umrah To Vaccinated Travellers
- Publish date: Sunday، 08 August 2021
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The state news agency (SPA) said early Sunday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting August 9.
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Mecca and Medina will start welcoming visitors from abroad to their mosques with a capacity of 2 million pilgrims from 60,000 pilgrims per month.
COVID-19 vaccination certificate
An Umrah request needs an authorised COVID-19 vaccination certificate from domestic and overseas pilgrims according to an official in the Hajj and Umrah Ministry
Institutionally quarantine:
Vaccinated pilgrims from countries that Saudi Arabia includes on its entry-ban list will have to be upon arrival, the report added.
Saudi Arabia opened Umrah in October but only for domestic worshippers.
Saudi closed to overseas worshippers since almost a year-and-a-half after due to the COVID-19 pandemic.