VIDEO: Is The Third Dose Of Vaccine For Umrah Pilgrims Still Needed Even If Sinovac And Sinopharm Are Approved By Saudi Arabia?

JAKARTA - The government of Saudi Arabia has approved the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines. There are currently four vaccines approved for use in the Kingdom namely, AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna.

Previously, the departure of Indonesian Umrah pilgrims was hampered by Saudi Arabia's recognition of the two vaccines.

However, although it has now been approved, the Indonesian Ministry of Religion stated that the Saudi Arabian government has not opened the implementation of Umrah from abroad, including Indonesia.

Thus, the issue of vaccines is not the reason why Indonesia has not received a quota to visit the Holy Land.

So if Saudi Arabia has opened a quota for overseas, how will the Indonesian Umrah pilgrims get the second dose of the vaccine? Should people get a third dose using Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, or AstraZeneca?

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