Holy cities bar Gulf citizens over Covid-19 fears

Saudi Arabia's move sparks uncertainty over annual hajj pilgrimage scheduled for July. FMTNews SaudiArabia Covid19 Coronavirus

Saudi Arabia’s move sparks uncertainty over the annual hajj pilgrimage scheduled for July.

The foreign ministry announced in a statement “the temporary suspension of entry of citizens to the cities of Mecca and Medina”.The ministry statement did not specify whether this suspension extended to Saudi citizens. GCC citizens are allowed to enter the kingdom with their national identity document. But on Thursday, the government said they could only enter using their passports and not IDs.

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