Minister of health Dr Hamad bin Abdullah al-Mani has reiterated the safety of more than 1.1 million pilgrims who have arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via King Abdulaziz International Airport of Jeddah, and said they are free from epidemic or quarantinable diseases. In a press statement following an inspection tour of King Abdulaziz International Airport here yesterday, Dr al-Mani said about 55 medical teams are working at 18 terminals of the Airport to revise the vaccination certificates or to provide the pilgrims with required vaccinations in line with the health conditions approved by the agency of the preventive medicine. The minister pointed out that the primary health care center at the Airport has been working around the clock to extend the required medical services to the pilgrims. Dr al-Mani highlighted the efforts of the medical teams accompanying the Hajj missions and the adherence of the pilgrims to the preventive health conditions recently approved by the health ministry. Meanwhile, the minister inspected a number of health utilities along Madinah-Jeddah Road as well as some hospitals including King Abdulaziz and King Fahd hospitals and the tumor center.
