MOH issues Health Requisites for Hajj & Umrah season-1430 - 2

Thirdly: Poliomyelitis

1 All pilgrims arriving from still prevalent Polio-Virus-
transmitting countries, namely: Uganda, Kenya, Benin, Angola, Togo,
Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte
d'Ivoire, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia, Nepal are
requested to have vaccination of children under 15 with oral polio
vaccine (polio vaccine oral) before the arrival in the Kingdom within
a period of six weeks and provide a certificate to prove it. They
will be given another dose of oral polio vaccine upon arrival in the
Kingdom.

2 - All pilgrims of all ages arriving from Poliomyelitis endemic
countries namely Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, are
requested to have oral polio vaccine before their arrival in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia six weeks in advance and prove it with an
authenticated certificate. They will be given another oral polio
vaccine upon arrival in the Kingdom regardless of age.

Fourthly, Seasonal Influenza Virus Vaccine

The Ministry of Health recommends all pilgrims both from outside and
inside Saudi Arabia, to take vaccine against seasonal influenza virus
before they commence Hajj or Umrah Journey, especially those most
vulnerable to complications of the flu, such as the elderly and
persons with chronic respiratory diseases, diabetics, renal, liver
and cardiac failure.

Fifthly, Food Materials

All foodstuffs are prohibited including food materials brought by
the pilgrims or Umrah performers among their luggage unless the food
they brought is canned or sealed in a container or it has an easy
opening in containers for inspection and only in quantities
sufficient for the road journey and nothing more than that.

Sixthly, in the case of a health emergency or a concern for the
outbreaks of diseases subjected to international health regulations
from any country that pilgrims and Umrah performers come from, the
Saudi health authorities might take any additional precautionary
measures to those above-mentioned requirements in coordination with
the World Health Organization (WHO) in a timely manner in order to
avoid the spread of infection among the pilgrims and Umrah performers
or transmit infection to their home-countries.

--SPA