This is reported by SPA.

It is noted that the disease was detected in a citizen of the kingdom who came from Iran via Bahrain.

Earlier, the Deputy Minister of Health of Iran, Ali Reza Raisi, said that the number of infected COVID-19 in Iran reached 1501.

The Saudi authorities also decided to temporarily suspend entry into the country in order to perform umra (small pilgrimage) in Mecca and visit the Prophet's mosque in Medina in connection with the situation with COVID-19.