DOHA, 21 Feb – RIA Novosti. The main Shrine of Islam in Mecca and Medina Holy mosque and the Prophet’s mosque will remain closed during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which is scheduled to commence this week, said the Main Directorate of Saudi Arabia in the Affairs of the two Holy mosques.
Muslims in contrast to the annual traditions during Ramadan this year to make it required five times a day prayers and a special prayer “Taraweeh”, which is read only in Ramadan after the night prayer until dawn.
the Main Shrine of Muslims had been closed for visits of the faithful on March 20, there had complete disinfection.
on Monday, the number of cases of infection with coronavirus in Saudi Arabia has exceeded 10 thousand people since the outbreak of the disease.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 2.3 million cases of infection, over 157 thousand people died.
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