February 27, 2020 Mekke Hajj & Umrah
On 27 February 2020, Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry temporarily suspended entry for Umrah and for visits to the Prophet's Mosque as a precaution against the coronavirus. No end date was given; pilgrims from abroad began arriving again on 1 November 2020.
196363 years ago
On 23 February 1963, Decision No. 6/1485 annulled Turkey's 1955 regulation that had limited Hajj travel to sea and air. Under the new regulation that replaced it, pilgrims from Turkey were once again free to travel to the Hajj overland.
20206 years ago
On 1 November 2020, the third phase of the Umrah resumption began, and the first pilgrims from abroad in about seven months landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. The first flight, from Pakistan, carried 38 pilgrims; the second, from Indonesia, carried 224.
20206 years ago
On 30 July 2020, in a Hajj scaled down by COVID-19 measures, masked pilgrims, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, stood at Arafat. Officials said between 1,000 and 10,000 would take part, compared with about 2.5 million people at Arafat the year before.
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