The Saudi Ministry of Health announced the registration of 24 new cases of the emerging coronavirus.
The ministry explained that the first and second cases are a male and female citizen, who were placed in quarantine after their return from Iraq.
As for the third case, it is a 12-year-old Saudi girl, who was in contact with her injured grandfather returning from Iran in the Qatif Governorate.
The ministry stated that the other 21 cases are of Egyptian nationality, and they are present in quarantine in Mecca, and from my contacts with the Egyptian visitor who was announced on Tuesday.
The total number of injuries in Saudi Arabia is now 45, one has recovered and the rest are now in isolation and health care is being provided.
The World Health Organization announced that the new Corona virus, which causes "Covid 19", has turned into a global pandemic, confirming that the infection figures are increasing very quickly.
"Today, the Coruna virus can be classified as a global pandemic," WHO President Tedros Adhanum Gebresos confirmed at a press conference today.
He added, "We are very concerned about the rapid spread of the Covid 19 epidemic and not fighting it enough."
He concluded: "There are 118,000 cases of the emerging coronavirus in 114 countries, and 4291 people have died from the disease."
The other 21 cases are of Egyptian nationality, and they are from the Egyptian visitor who was announced yesterday.
This brings the total number of injuries to 45 cases, one recovered and the rest of the cases are now in isolation, and health care is provided to them according to the approved procedures.