A health center will be opened at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah to provide health services to incoming and outgoing pilgrims, said Khaled bin Obaid Zafar, Director General of Health Affairs in Makkah province. Zafar told Arab News that Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Governor of Makkah region would inaugurate the center, which would be manned by doctors around the clock. He added that the center would give vaccinations to incoming pilgrims who were not immunized in their home countries. “Last year more than 1.5 million pilgrims entered the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through KAIA. We expect the same number of pilgrims this year and this is why we are giving special emphasis to preventive medicine,” he said. “The Ministry of Health will concentrate on the preventive aspect and will intensify its surveillance of entry points, especially at the airports in Jeddah and Madinah in addition to land entries, " he said.
