Jeddah: Saudi has asked pilgrims who were a part of this year’s Hajj to continue wearing electronic tags so authorities can track their 14-day quarantine once they return home, Arab News reported.
In addition to monitoring the pilgrims’ adherence to quarantine, the bracelet also keeps track and records their health status through the “Tatamman” app.
This year's Hajj participants were required to quarantine before embarking on the Hajj and wore the bracelets to ensure they were obeying the self-isolation rules as part of strict measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Saudi continues to experience a decline in COVID-19 cases and the number of recorded infections remain below the 2,000 mark for the 10th day in a row.
The Kingdom reported 1,258 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, raising the number of those infected to 280,093 so far.
Currently, Saudi has 35,091 active cases and six patients were admitted to critical care units, raising the number to 2,017.
It also recorded 32 new fatalities, raising the death toll to 2,949 while 1,972 new recoveries were reported, raising the total number of recoveries to 242,053.
The kingdom conducted more than 41,361 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in the past 24 hours and the total number of tests conducted to date exceeds 3.47 million.