The Communications and Information Technology Commission, Saudi Arabia's digital regulator, announced on Wednesday that the communications infrastructure in Mecca and Medina is fully operational and ready for this year's Hajj.
Hajj will begin on July 6 and end on July 10, while the Day of Arafat will fall on July 8.
Consultations, diagnostics, and prescribing of medications virtually. The Ministry of Health is cooperating with a Saudi telecommunications company and the virtual hospital Seha.
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Saudi Arabia has allowed up to 1 million people to perform the Hajj this year.
Violators of the Hajj face a fine of 10,000 Saudi riyals.
Forty-eight-year-old Noor Mohammad left his home in Ghazni Province in early May. He was stranded in Iran after failing to obtain an Iraqi visa in order to continue his journey overland.
Statistics showed that 205,049 pilgrims left Medina over the past few days on their way to the holy sites in Mecca.
According to Almosafer, the number of bookings in Saudi Arabia in June exceeded the pre-pandemic level by 28 percent compared to the same month in 2019.
A total of 282,523 pilgrims from around the world arrived in Medina as of Sunday to perform the Hajj this year. Data published by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah showed that 227,420 worshippers arrived in the Kingdom via Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport, while another 43,276 people arrived by land. Most…
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An estimated 110,000 rooms are expected to be added in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia by 2030 to serve pilgrims performing the Hajj, according to a report.