SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT ANNOUNCES CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS

Passengers coming from China wearing masks to prevent a new coronavirus are checked by Saudi Health Ministry employees upon their arrival at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 29, 2020. (REUTERS)

Mon 24 February 2020:

Saudi Arabia will coordinate with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health to treat the Saudi citizen who has been infected with coronavirus in Kuwait , the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health said on Monday.

The ministry will be working with Kuwait in accordance to the medical recommendations made by the World Health Organization.

There have been no reported cases of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia.

Kuwait announced on Monday that three people, including a Saudi Arabian citizen, have been infected with the deadly virus after they arrived from the Iranian city of Mashhad.

All three patients are being monitored and will be isolated until they fully recover, the Kuwaiti ministry added.

Iran announced on Sunday that eight people have died in the country from coronavirus, marking the first deaths from the outbreak in the region. The Iranian Ministry of Health said that there are 43 confirmed cases of the illness in Iran.

First case of coronavirus detected in Bahrain

The first new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Bahrain, the Bahrain News Agency reported.

The case was detected after a citizen arrived from Iran and was suspected of having contracted the disease, the country’s Ministry of Health said.

Iran announced on Sunday that eight people have died in the country from coronavirus, marking the first deaths from the outbreak in the region. The Iranian Ministry of Health said that there are 43 confirmed cases of the illness in Iran.

The Bahraini citizen was transferred to a medical center for immediate testing, and is currently receiving treatment under the supervision of a specialized medical team, BNA reported.

Kuwait announces three coronavirus infections

Three people have been infected with the deadly coronavirus in Kuwait after they arrived from the Iranian city of Mashhad, according to the state news agency KUNA.

One of the people infected with the virus is a Kuwaiti citizen, another is a Saudi Arabian citizen, and the third is of an undisclosed origin.

“The first case is a 53-year-old Kuwaiti citizen, the second is a 61-year-old Saudi Arabian citizen. The condition of the two is normal and they are not showing symptoms of the virus,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

“However, the third case is a 21-year-old of an undisclosed nationality, who has started to show symptoms of the virus.”

All three patients are being monitored and will be isolated until they fully recover, the ministry added.

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