Jeddah (INA) – The Director of Health Control Centers at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Abdul Ghani Al-Maliki, said that the Ministry of Health received yesterday a flight from Nigeria carrying 543 pilgrims. In his interview with Okaz newspaper, Al-Maliki indicated that the work team designated for this trip has been equipped to deal with those coming from West African countries, indicating that the Ministry of Health has tightened its preventive and treatment plans and equipped a work team of Saudi consultants and specialists specialized in public health, epidemic diseases and emergency medicine to implement health requirements. And a precautionary measure for all arrivals to prevent the introduction of any infectious diseases to the homeland, adding: The health authorities made sure that the Nigerian pilgrims took health questionnaires to know their health status, pointing out that all health and precautionary requirements were implemented for the passengers of the flight and it was found that they were free of any suspicion. In the same context, the first group of sea pilgrims arrived yesterday at the Jeddah Islamic Port on the ferry, coming from the port of Suakin in the Republic of Sudan, and they numbered 800 pilgrims. They were received by a number of officials and directors of departments and sectors operating in the Jeddah Islamic Port. The rest of the sea pilgrims will arrive in the coming days, according to the flight schedule. ( I finish)
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