Adults, children need to get vaccinated at least 10 days before arriving in Saudi Arabia Umrah pilgrims throng the courtyard around the Holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque. Kuwait has announced new health regulations for people travelling from the country to Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah or minor pilgrimage in Mecca or visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health said the new rules are based on instructions issued by Saudi authorities. The ministry said that all travellers – adults and children aged one year or older – are required to receive the quadrivalent Neisseria meningitidis vaccine (ACYW-135). Such passengers must obtain a certificate proving that the vaccine was received at least 10 days before arriving in Saudi Arabia. The ministry said the vaccine is available at all preventive health centres and traveller clinics across Kuwait during official working hours. Millions of Muslims across the globe head to Saudi Arabia, Islam’s birthplace, to perform the Umrah in the Grand Mosque and the annual Hajj pilgrimage in and around Mecca. They also go to the Prophet’s Mosque, Islam’s second holiest place in Medina. Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait sealed an agreement on arrangements for pilgrims […]