Dubai: No pilgrim suspected of coronavirus infection will be allowed to enter the Grand Mosque when the slow resumption of Omra service begins on 4 October, said Ahmed Al Mansouri, deputy director of the presidency for the affairs of the two sacred mosques.
Addressing a press conference on arrangements made through the presidency before the start of the Umra and visits to the Grand Mosque, Al Mansouri said the Ministry of Health had established a series of small-scale gymnasiums fully equipped to deal with suspicions. coronavirus Case.
Al-Mansouri added that pilgrims will be allowed to participate in groups, consisting of 1000 group pilgrims.
“Pilgrims will be guided on separate routes from the outside of the Haram to the mataf (the domain of the circumference around the Holy Kaaba) and there will be 16 chiefs who will get the pilgrims in the courtyards and lead them to the Grand Mosque.
Tawaaf will begin in a spiral and the pilgrims will continue to mass ‘(area for the sa’i ritual between Safa and Marwah) after the final touch of the tawaaf and leave the Grand Mosque through the gates of Marwah and Arqam after finishing sa’i touch,” he said, adding that the first track of the mataf will be reserved for wheelchairs for the elderly and others with special needs.
Al Mansouri said the women in the presidency will repaint for the first time after the transitional suspension of the Umra Service, and said the omra’s schedule would be 7 a. m. 3 a. m.
“High-resolution thermal cameras have been installed at all entrances to the Grand Mosque, with the prohibition of i’tikaaf and the supply of comfortable food and beverages in the mosque.
The head of the presidency said that the Grand Mosque would be washed 10 times a day before and after the representation of the Umrah through teams of pilgrims.
He said that all bathrooms will be washed and sterilized six times a day, the carpets, wheelchairs and escalators of the Grand Mosque will be sterilized, the cleaning of air conditioning systems and air filters will be done with ultraviolet rays several times a day.
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