CAIRO- Saudi Arabia reopened Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and Al-Masjid al Nabawy in Medina on Friday.
These are Islam’s two most-holy religious sites and they were closed to be sterilised to curb coronavirus spread.
Saudi Arabia shut down religious sites to contain the virus from spreading for over 25 countries.
Gulf Cooperation Council citizens and residents who want to enter the country need to wait for a period of 2 weeks after returning from outside the region.
Five cases of the coronavirus have been reported so far in Saudi Arabia.
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