The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs announced on Saturday that 13 mosques in 6 regions were temporarily closed after a number of cases of COVID-19 were confirmed inside them.
According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), a total of 1188 mosques were closed in the Kingdom within 98 days, 1173 of them were opened after the completion of sterilization, in the context of ensuring the safety of worshippers.
The COVID-19 cases have been recorded in more than 210 states, as the number of Coronavirus cases worldwide exceeded 159 million while many countries have entered the third wave of the pandemic.