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  • Saudi Health Minister: MERS Cases Are Reducing Before Haj

    Saudi Health Minister: MERS Cases Are Reducing Before Haj

    MECCA: A recent surge in cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a sometimes deadly virus, in Saudi Arabia has ebbed in the run-up to Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage, the kingdom’s Health Minister Khaled al-Falih said on Thursday.

    As pilgrims poured into Mecca from around the world, the Health Ministry said it had confirmed two more cases of the disease in Riyadh on Thursday, but the number of cases has declined since last month, Falih said.

    Most medical staffers touring hospitals and medical centers around Mecca on Wednesday covered their noses and mouths with masks, as did traffic policemen and army personnel deployed to secure the flow of busses carrying pilgrims into the holy city.

    “With the help of God and then with the measures taken by the ministry of health we hope to prevent the virus from getting to the pilgrims,” said Falih in a news conference.

    So far around 1.2 million Muslims have arrived in the kingdom for haj.

    In past years it has drawn up to 3 million pilgrims, but authorities have limited numbers in the past two years because of construction work around the Grand Mosque.

    Saudi Arabia has banned the slaughter of camels around the holy cities during the pilgrimage. The animals have been found to carry the virus and scientists say they are the most likely source of primary infections of people.

    Seven people in the city of Medina who have been infected by MERS have been moved to Riyadh as a precaution to avoid any spread of the disease near the pilgrimage sites, Falih said.

    “The spread has begun to shrink and we are optimistic the days of spreading are gone and are behind us,” said Falih.

    The kingdom has mobilized 25,000 medical staff from different cities into Mecca for the haj season.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • 1,000 Jemaah Haji Dipindahkan Ekoran Kebakaran Di Hotel Mekkah

    1,000 Jemaah Haji Dipindahkan Ekoran Kebakaran Di Hotel Mekkah

    Sekitar 1,000 jemaah haji dari Asia dipindahkan dari hotel mereka di Makkah, Arab Saudi awal hari ini akibat satu kebakaran yang mencederakan dua orang, menurut agensi pertahanan awam Saudi.

    Hotel tersebut dilaporkan terletak dalam kawasan Al-Azizia.

    Pasukan bomba menyelamatkan dua jemaah haji yang cedera akibat satu kebakaran di bilik yang terletak di tingkat lapan hotel yang tidak didedahkan namanya, menurut agensi itu lagi.

    Lebih 1 juta jemaah haji sudah tiba di Makkah untuk menunaikan ibadah haji tahun ini, yang akan berlangsung pada Selasa depan.

    Agensi berkenaan juga tidak mendedahkan kerakyatan jemaah yang terbabit dalam kejadian itu, mahupun apakah punca kebakaran tersebut.

    Sepanjang 10 tahun lalu, ibadah haji berjalan lancar tanpa sebarang insiden malang, namun pada Jumaat lalu, sekurang-kurangnya 107 orang, termasuk jemaah dari Asia, terkorban apabila kren pembinaan tumbang di Masjidil Haram.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Impian Meniggal Dunia Di Makkah Termakbul Bagi Seseorang Mangsa Kren Tumbang

    Impian Meniggal Dunia Di Makkah Termakbul Bagi Seseorang Mangsa Kren Tumbang

    IPOH: “Impian mak untuk meninggal dunia di Makkah termakbul,” kata anak ketiga Allahyarham Rusiah Suar, 56 tahun.

    Hariyanti Ahmad Badri, 31 tahun, berkata beliau reda kerana itu adalah ketentuan Ilahi.

    “Dia ada beritahu teringin sangat nak meninggal di Makkah. Kami reda sebab perkara itu memang diidamkan oleh umat Islam.

    “Saya menyangka itu adalah satu gurauan. Bagaimanapun sebagai anak saya sedih atas pemergiannya,” katanya kepada pemberita di kediamannya.

    Beliau berkata berita pemergian ibunya dimaklumkan kepada keluarganya oleh Tabung Haji (TH) yang datang ke rumah pada kira-kira 7.45 malam Ahad (13 Sep).

    “Pihak Tabung Haji beritahu menemui mayat ibu di sebuah hospital di Makkah, namun mereka tidak memaklumkan bagaimana insiden itu berlaku.

    Hariyanti berkata dia dimaklumkan TH akan menguruskan proses pengebumian ibunya di Makkah.

    Anak ketiga daripada lima beradik itu berkata rakan sebilik ibunya memaklumkan bahawa arwah rebah dan pengsan ketika insiden itu berlaku.

    “Selepas menerima berita insiden itu, saya meminta suami menelefon kawan ibu saya untuk bertanya keadaan yang berlaku dan dia memberitahu ketika melakukan saie, kren jatuh, mak saya terus rebah.

    “Ketika itu kawan-kawan mak nak tolong tetapi orang di sana tidak benarkan…selepas itu kawan-kawan mak terus terputus hubungan dengan mak,” katanya.

    Sementara itu, Nor Haizan, 34 tahun, berkata ibunya teruja untuk menunaikan ibadah haji.

    “Semasa di Tabung Haji Kelana Jaya, mak sempat bergurau dengan kami dan nampak dia teruja. Semasa melakukan persiapan, mak nak semua barang-barang keperluan baru dan dibeli awal,” katanya.

    Nor Haizan terkilan kerana pemergian ibunya seminggu sebelum Aidiladha sama seperti Allahyarham ayahnya yang menghembuskan nafas terakhir sehari sebelum Aidiladha pada 2007.

    “Saya reda kerana itu sudah ketentuan,” katanya sambil menambah solat jenazah ghaib telah dilakukan selepas maghrib semalam dan majlis tahlil akan dijalankan hari ini (14 Sep).

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Kumpulan Pertama Jemaah Haji Singapura Selamat Berlepas Ke Jeddah

    Kumpulan Pertama Jemaah Haji Singapura Selamat Berlepas Ke Jeddah

    Kumpulan pertama jemaah haji Singapura seramai 43 orang berangkat ke Jeddah pada awal pagi tadi.

    Kumpulan jemaah haji dari dua GSA, Halijah Travels & Tours Pte Ltd dan Shahidah Travel & Tours Pte Ltd, menaiki pesawat Singapore Airlines SQ490 pada 1.20 pagi tadi, menurut kenyataan Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS).

    Turut mengiringi para jemaah itu ialah Konsul Haji yang juga Ketua Pejabat Ehwal Jemaah Haji Singapura (SPAO), Haji Kassim Kamis, serta kakitangan SPAO lain iaitu Konsultan Khidmat Haji, Pegawai Perubatan, Pegawai Kejururawatan dan Penolong Pegawai Jemaah.

    Seperti tahun lalu, delegasi seramai 21 orang akan mengiringi sejumlah 680 jemaah haji – kumpulan-kumpulan jemaah haji seterusnya akan berangkat ke Jeddah dari 15 hingga 18 September ini – iaitu tambahan empat pegawai sebagai langkah berjaga-jaga terhadap MERS.

    Delegasi haji Singapura tahun ini dketuai Haji Mohd Tahirrudin Shadat Kadarisman.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Zam Zam Water Customers Left High & Dry

    Zam Zam Water Customers Left High & Dry

    All she wanted was to collect the bottle of holy water from Mecca for her 61-year-old father.

    But Miss Norhidah Ahmad Dan felt cheated when she arrived at the designated office on Victoria Street last Wednesday only to find an empty shop.

    “When I found the shop at Golden Landmark, I saw a sign that said that the business was no longer operating from the premises,” the 24-year-old lab assistant told The New Paper.

    “I was very angry. It could have been my elderly father going to collect and he would have left empty-handed.”

    She said that someone selling charity tickets had approached her father, a 61-year-old retiree,”some months” ago at the Geylang Serai Market.

    Her father had bought one ticket costing $10.

    The ticket said he could exchange it for a 500ml bottle of Zam Zam water.

    Zam Zam water is drawn from a well in Mecca. It has special religious significance for Muslims.

    Some of the local distributors selling the water via Facebook list their price in the range of $85 to $95 per 10-litre bottle.

    Miss Norhidah made several calls to the company, which is called Riyaadhul Huffadz, RH Services and Management, but got an engaged tone.

    At least 500 other people are believed to have been affected.

    On Saturday, the company finally explained in Malay on its Facebook page that it was having trouble importing large quantities of Zam Zam water.

    The post said the company was still waiting for approval from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and the Health Science Authority of Singapore (HSA).

    It also asked for those who had bought tickets to send a text message with their full name and address to a mobile number. It promised that the bottles would be delivered by Nov 1 or the money would be refunded.

    AWAY

    A man who identified himself Mr Muhammad Maliki replied to queries TNP posted through Facebook.

    Riyaadhul Huffadz

    He claimed that he was in Jakarta and had been there for the last eight months. He said he would return only in the middle of October.

    He acknowledged the issues over the water and added that over 500 people had given him their names and addresses via text messages.

    When asked why he had vacated his office in Golden Landmark, he replied that he was forced to move out by the owner of the shop space.

    He claimed that he found out only recently that he was kicked out.

    He added that the coupons had already been distributed when he was forced out of his shop.

    When we informed Mr Maliki that AVA had not received any requests to import Zam Zam water in the last six months, he replied that he had applied “last year”.

    He reiterated that he would fulfil the orders for the water or refund the monies.

    Miss Norhidah said: “I’m just disappointed that they had cut off all contact when it was time to collect. They should at least have stayed around to explain themselves.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg