A relatively few number of Muslims pray at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Health Minister Abdel-Fattah Mashat was quoted on the state-linked news site Al-Yaum saying that groups of visitors to Mecca from inside the country would now also be barred from performing the pilgrimage, known as the umrah. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
70 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected cases to 344 have been registered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health stated that among the new infections were 11 cases that came from Morocco, India, Jordan, the Philippines, Britain, the UAE, and Switzerland.
70 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected cases to 344 have been registered Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health stated that among the new infections were 11 cases that came from Morocco, India, Jordan, the Philippines, Britain, the UAE, and Switzerland. They were directly taken from airports to quarantine in hospitals. The remaining 58 cases involved transmission from persons already infected, who were attending social occasions, such as marriage parties, condolence offerings, and family meetings.
