Starting from Sunday (19th July), Authorities in the Kingdom to ban entries into Holy sites without a permit or tasreeh due to the beginning of the Hajj season and to combat the spread of the Covid-19.
Security control team in the holy sites of Makkah to begin stopping entries to the normal people without Hajj permit from entering into the Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat.
The Ministry of Interior revealed earlier that their will be restrictions from entering into Holy sites from 28th Dhu Al Qiadah month until the completion of Hajj season, which is up to 12th Dhu Al Hijjah month.
Those who violates the entry will be slap with a fine of 10,000 SR, it will be doubled in case of repetition. Security officials to be on duty from Sunday on the roads which are leading to the holy sites in order to prevent the violations and detect any illegal activity from entering into holy sites.
The measure is common every year in the Hajj season as part of strict regulations, This year's pandemic will add extra precautions, The Hajj is set to be this year in the Ending days of July.
Every year around 2 million Muslims used to come from all over the World to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage, This year's Hajj is different as the Kingdom allowed only limited number of people from various countries within Saudi Arabia.
SOURCE : SAUDIEXPATS
