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But as nations begin to ease those restrictions, the Saudi government on Sunday started allowing a maximum of 6,000 pilgrims a day to enter the sprawling Grand Mosque in Mecca. Only Saudi citizens and residents will be permitted to enter the mosque during this first phase of reopening, and each person has up to three hours to complete the pilgrimage.
The Grand Mosque, which is being sterilized and cleaned multiple times a day, houses the cube-shaped Kaaba that observant Muslims pray toward five times a day.
Before visitors can enter the mosque to pray or perform the umrah, they have to apply and reserve a specific time and date through an online application to avoid crowding and maintain social distancing. Visitors can also select their means of transportation and meeting points via the app .
apnews.com
That sounds like a recipe for disaster at 6,000 a day.
The Grand Mosque, which is being sterilized and cleaned multiple times a day, houses the cube-shaped Kaaba that observant Muslims pray toward five times a day.
Before visitors can enter the mosque to pray or perform the umrah, they have to apply and reserve a specific time and date through an online application to avoid crowding and maintain social distancing. Visitors can also select their means of transportation and meeting points via the app .
Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictions
Saudi Arabia has begun lifting coronavirus restrictions at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca. On Sunday, a very small, limited number of people donned the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage and circled the sprawling Grand Mosque.
apnews.com
That sounds like a recipe for disaster at 6,000 a day.
