The Saudi Ministry of Health stated that upon their arrival from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the Saudi students were transferred to a medical headquarters in Diriyah designated for the “precautionary quarantine”, accompanied by specialized medical teams to a suitable accommodation that was fully equipped for them, with full medical care, where they will be isolated Reserve for two weeks until they are assured of their safety and all laboratory tests are done for them to check on them to ensure that he does not transfer to other people.

It also reaffirmed and reassured citizens and residents that no cases have yet been registered in the Kingdom with the emerging coronavirus.

This action comes within the framework of epidemiological investigations and the ongoing health monitoring of the virus.

“The directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the follow-up of the Crown Prince and in the interest of the citizens’ health, the medical team received the Saudi students who arrived in Riyadh from Wuhan, China, where the precautionary measures will be taken by isolating them for two weeks, ”Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said on Twitter on Sunday. And do tests for them, "wishing them health and wellness.

To that, consultant internal medicine and infectious medicine, Dr. Nizar Bahbari, during a phone call to "Al-Arabiya", that there is no medical evidence about the injury of one of the students who arrived in Riyadh, stressing that the Ministry of Health quarantined them is a precaution only to check on their health.

It is mentioned that the Ministry of Health continues to implement many precautionary measures to prevent and benefit from the virus to the Kingdom, by examining all arrivals from China through direct or indirect flights.

And it showed that the total number of samples that were examined in the Kingdom from January 20 to February 2 this year was 62 samples, all of which are negative. 3152 passengers were examined, through direct flights from China, in addition to 868 passengers traveling through indirect flights, during the same period, where the Ministry of Health provided medical kits around the clock in all land, air and sea ports that receive direct and indirect flights from China.