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\nEach pilgrim will be given three hours to perform Umrah, starting and ending in the triage areas around Makkah, during the first stage of the resumption of Umrah services, according to local media.
\nThe first stage is scheduled to start on October 4 and will be operated through the I\u2019tamarna app. The plan is to have triage areas around the holy city, allowing 6,000 pilgrims to perform Umrah each day at six different times, with each group of 1,000 pilgrims being given three hours.
\nAhmed Bajaiffer, an investor in Umrah companies, said that the Saudi government had decided to resume Umrah services after their suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic \u201cas it believes that Muslims should not stop performing pilgrimage, while respecting the precautionary measures.\u201d
\nThe first stage will allow Umrah for Saudis and expats residing in the Kingdom, before expanding to a bigger capacity in the next stages to allow pilgrims from outside Saudi Arabia. Bajaiffer said that a forum held recently discussed a 30 percent capacity in the first stage.
\n\u201cPerformance will be assessed by relevant authorities before allowing a further expansion to a 75 percent capacity in the second phase, and full capacity in the third phase to receive pilgrims from outside the Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TLTP MAKKAH Each pilgrim will be given three hours to perform Umrah, starting and ending in the triage areas around Makkah, during the first stage of the resumption of Umrah services, according to local media. The first stage is scheduled to start on October 4 and will be operated through the I\u2019tamarna app. The plan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n