March 4, 2020
The decision comes after Saudi Arabia last week suspended visas for the pilgrimage and barred citizens from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council from entering two of Islam’s holiest cities.
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Saudi Arabia on Wednesday suspended the year-round “Umrah” pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina over Coronavirus fears, the interior ministry said.
AFP reports that the Gulf state had decided “to suspend Umrah temporarily for citizens and residents in the kingdom.
The decision comes after Saudi Arabia last week suspended visas for the pilgrimage and barred citizens from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council from entering two of Islam’s holiest cities.