{"id":79437,"date":"2021-10-17T18:02:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T18:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=79437"},"modified":"2021-11-02T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:01:59","slug":"social-distancing-at-meccas-grand-mosque-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/79437-social-distancing-at-meccas-grand-mosque-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Social distancing at Mecca\u2019s Grand Mosque dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f1\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f6-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f1\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f1\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f1\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f1\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f0-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f1\u06f6-\u06f3\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, has returned to operating at full capacity, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.<br>On Sunday, floor markings that guide people to social distance in and around the Grand Mosque were removed.<br>\u201cThis is in line with the decision to ease precautionary measures and to allow pilgrims and visitors to the Grand Mosque at full capacity,\u201d the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.<br>Pictures and footage on Sunday morning showed people praying side by side in straight rows of worshippers, the formation revered in Muslim prayers, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold last year.<br>While social distancing measures were lifted, authorities said visitors must be fully vaccinated against coronavirus and must continue to wear masks on mosque grounds.<br>The Kaaba, towards which Muslims around the world pray, remained cordoned off and out of reach.<br>According to the interior ministry, Saudi Arabia will ease COVID-19 curbs from October 17 in response to a sharp drop in daily infections and a considerable advancement of vaccination numbers.<br>The authorities also lifted curbs on fully vaccinated people at closed venues, gatherings, transportation, restaurants and cinemas.<br>Masks are no longer mandatory in open public places while still imposed at closed venues, it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, has returned to operating at full capacity, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.On Sunday, floor markings that guide people to social distance in and around the Grand Mosque were removed.\u201cThis is in line with the decision &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,31],"tags":[1636,290],"class_list":["post-79437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atabat","category-news","tag-grand-mosque","tag-mecca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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