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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo taken with a slow shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears of the global outbreak of the new coronavirus just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move coming as the Mideast has over 220 confirmed cases of the illness. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Another Maldivian on Umrah pilgrimage has died in Saudi Arabia.
The pilgrim has been identified as Jameela, Muringi, R. Alifushi. She passed away late Monday afternoon.
Jameela departed to Saudi Arabia for Umrah pilgrimage on May 5th.
Her family reported that she had not been treated for any major illnesses previously.
However, her condition deteriorated in Mecca following which she was hospitalized. Her family said her condition kept worsening further.
An 83-year-old Maldivian man on Umrah pilgrimage also passed away on April 25th.
