Madinah, October 18, 2020, SPA -- President General of the Grand Holy Mosque and Prophet's Holy Mosque Affairs Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais inaugurated yesterday the disinfection and sterilization device with ozone technology, as part of implementing preventive and precautionary measures at the Prophet’s Holy Mosque and Al-Rawdah Al-Sharifah (the area between Prophet Muhammad's grave and his pulpit) to prevent the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and eliminate microbes in the air or on surfaces. Dr. Al-Sudais stressed the importance of harnessing all capabilities to ensure the safety of the Prophet’s Holy Mosque's visitors, emphasizing the need to keep abreast of everything new in the field of confronting infections and viruses within the Two Holy Mosques. It is noteworthy that this technology was previously used at the Grand Holy Mosque in Makkah and is also environment friendly. --SPA 15:31 LOCAL TIME 12:31 GMT 0009 www.spa.gov.sa/w1431194