“The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced the start of receiving Umrah performers of citizens and residents, in addition to gradually receiving Umrah requests from various countries of the world…with a capacity of up to 60,000 Umrah performers divided into 8 operating periods, increasing the overall capacity to two million per month with the condition that the issuance of permits will be through the ‘Etamarna and Tawakalna’ applications.”

–The Saudi Press Agency, discussing the Kingdom’s plans to increase the number of umrah performers gradually to two million vaccinated visitors per month starting August 9. [SPA]