Saudi implements Umrah health plan

15 August 2010

Saudi Arabia's health ministry has announced an integrated health plan aimed at providing preventive and curative services to Umrah pilgrims during the holy month of Ramadan, Arab News has reported. The plan includes establishing a new health centre on the second floor of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, as well as deploying teams of health officials at all air, sea and land entry points to verify compliance by incoming pilgrims with the quarantine requirements spelled out by the government.

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