Saudi Arabia confirms second coronavirus case after citizen returns from Iran
Saudi Arabia confirms on Wednesday it has detected
the second case of the novel coronavirus in the Kingdom after a citizen
returned from Iran via Bahrain, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Saudi Arabia’s health ministry said the second
person to be infected with the coronavirus, a Saudi male, did not disclose at
the Saudi border of his recent visit to Iran.
The ministry added that the Saudi citizen was
accompanied by another person who was declared the Kingdom’s first case of the
coronavirus just days earlier.
The Ministry had earlier detected on Monday the
first coronavirus case in a Saudi national traveling from Iran to the Kingdom
through Bahrain.
“The Ministry of Health assures everyone that the
situation is currently isolated in a hospital, and it is being dealt with and
providing the health service in accordance with the approved health
procedures,” the health ministry said in a statement on SPA.
