The UAE pilgrims in Mecca and Medina are in good health, according to Mohammed Obeid Al Mazrouei, the head of the official Haj Mission.
The number of pilgrims who arrived in Mecca and Al Madinah Al Munawarah had reached 3,500 by Saturday.
There were no incidents of possible epidemics or infectious diseases being reported.
The pilgrims will spend time in Medina and then prepare to go to Mecca to begin the Haj rituals, he said.
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