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UAE gives green light to 8 categories of passengers from India, other restricted countries
News Network
July 23, 2021
Dubai, July 23: Eight categories of travellers are allowed to fly to the UAE from countries where passenger entry is suspended.
The latest addition to the exempted categories is Expo 2020 Dubai participants.
Passenger entry from 16 destinations – including India, Pakistan, South Africa and Indonesia to the UAE remains suspended until further notice.
According to the latest safety circular issued by the UAE s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), exempted travellers have to abide by stringent Covid safety measures, including a 10-day quarantine period.
The eight exempted categories are:
Masked Haj pilgrims on Mount Arafat pray for Covid-free world This year pilgrims, dressed in ihram, had to observe social distancing and wear face masks on Mount Arafat
July 20, 2021
Thousands of face-masked pilgrims performing this year’s Haj gathered on Mount Arafat on Monday to atone for their sins, expressing hopes for peace and an end to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites in Makkah and Madina, has barred worshippers from abroad for a second year running and has restricted entry from within the kingdom under special conditions to guard against the coronavirus and its new variants.
60,000 fully vaccinated Muslims begin hajj rituals
Afp, Makkah
Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:00 AM
Hajj pilgrims streamed out of the holy city of Makkah and into the Mina valley yesterday, launching the rituals of the great pilgrimage which Saudi Arabia is holding in a scaled-down form for a second year.
Only 60,000 fully vaccinated citizens and residents of the kingdom are allowed to take part, far from the vast crowds that descend on Makkah in normal times when the ritual draws some 2.5 million pilgrims.
Since Saturday, groups of pilgrims have been performing the tawaf at Makkah s Grand Mosque, circling the Kaaba, a large cubic structure draped in golden-embroidered black cloth towards which Muslims around the world pray.