SAUDI ARABIA

Hotel assigned in EP to quarantine coronavirus cases

Passengers coming from china are checked by Saudi health ministry employees upon their arrival at King Khalid international airport in Riyadh.
DAMMAM — A 5-star hotel has been assigned in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom to quarantine the suspected coronavirus cases, Alarabiya.net quoted the Director for Combating Infection at the Eastern Province Health Directorate Dr. Hatim Aal Hani as stating on Friday. Dr. Aal Hani added that a record for the cases is being prepared on the basis of their travel to countries where the virus has spread and the symptoms that have appeared. They will be provided health care until they are cured. The Ministry of Health had announced recently that it had detected five cases infected with the virus, following their arrival from Iran. — SG