Saudi Arabia: Vaccinated children age 7 and above can enter two holy mosques

Riyadh: The ministry of Hajj and Umrah said on Friday that fully vaccinated children aged seven and above can apply for permits to enter the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.
Anyone within Saudi Arabia wishing to perform Umrah is required to obtain a permit from the “Eatmarna” or “Tawakkalna” applications on the condition that their health status on the app is “immune” and the beneficiary’s data must be updated in the “Absher” system.
#الحج_والعمرة : السماح للأطفال من عمر 7 أعوام وما فوق بدخول الحرمين الشريفين مع اشتراط ظهور حالة محصن في تطبيق #توكلنا pic.twitter.com/EYtM4GFq3O — إمارة منطقة مكة المكرمة (@makkahregion) February 25, 2022 The decision comes as the Kingdom continues to vaccinate children between the ages of five and eleven.
The ministry stressed that permits for recurrent Umrah will be issued once every 10 days. When asked whether this arrangement will continue during Ramzan, the ministry clarified that any updates will be announced in due course.
The ministry said it had issued more than 29.4 million permits to enter the Grand Mosque over the last seven months. More than 3.7 million permits were granted to worshippers for access to the Prophet’s Mosque during the same period, Arab News reported.
Saudi Arabia cancels Umrah host visa The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Tuesday, the cancellation of the “Umrah Host” visa that allowed foreign residents and Saudi citizens to host Muslims from outside the kingdom to perform the lesser pilgrimage., the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.