Saudi hajj ministry gets more than 3,000 phone calls since announcing umrah halt
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said on Tuesday (Mar 3) it has responded to 3,109 telephone calls and 1,372 emails since it announced on Feb 27 the temporary suspension of umrah due to the COVID-19.
Most of the telephone calls, 2,750, were in Arabic and 359 were in English, according to the ministry. 2,001 came from outside the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia on Feb 27 temporarily suspended entry into the Kingdom for the purpose of umrah or visiting the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah, citing “proactive preventive measures to prevent the arrival of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) to the Kingdom and its spread”.
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