Most foreign pilgrims often visit the Prophet Mosque in Medina before or after completing their religious mission in Mecca, which has also been stopped.
This is one of some preventive restrictions announced earlier on Thursday, and Saudi health authorities are closely monitoring the spread of the virus. Tourist visa holders from countries that are considered to have a particularly high risk of spreading the virus will also be denied entry.
In addition, Saudi nationals and citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are temporarily unable to use their national identity cards to enter and leave the Kingdom. Exceptions can be made if Saudis and citizens of GCC countries enter and leave the Kingdom with national identity cards, and they are in the Kingdom and wish to return to their own countries.
The health authorities at the entry point will verify which countries the tourists have been to before arriving in Saudi Arabia and take all necessary preventive measures.
Saudi officials stressed that these restrictions are temporary and will be kept under constant review by health authorities. They reiterated that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia supports and implements international efforts to limit the spread of the virus, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged citizens not to travel to countries most affected by the coronavirus.
Nearly 7 million pilgrims from Umra visit Saudi Arabia every year, and most of them arrive at airports in Jeddah and Medina.
Earlier, it was reported that seven Saudis were one of the latest cases of coronavirus in Bahrain and Kuwait. Bahrain's Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that six Saudi women tested positive for the virus.
They arrived at Bahrain International Airport by plane from Iran. The total number of confirmed cases in China is 26. In order to limit the spread of the virus, schools and universities have suspended their studies for two weeks.
Kuwait announced the first case of Saudi citizens infected with the virus. The man arrived in Iran from the Iranian city of Mashhad and has been quarantined 14 days. So far, Kuwait has confirmed 26 cases of this virus.
Saudi Ministry of Health has been providing suggestions and guidelines for neighboring Arab countries to control infectious diseases such as coronavirus and respond to health emergencies.
Dr. Hani Bin Abdulaziz Yokdal, Vice Minister of Health, said that these guidelines are based on Saudi Arabia's experience in protecting the health and well-being of pilgrims during the Hajj season.
On Wednesday, he led a Saudi delegation to attend the meeting of the executive office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health held at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo.
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