Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah confirmed that the Ministry of Health has implemented many strict precautionary measures to address the new Corona virus, and has strengthened monitoring and control procedures for this disease in the entry points to the Kingdom, where incoming flights directly from the Republic of China, as well as travelers coming from China through Indirect trips, in coordination with the Civil Aviation Authority, and health control center personnel inspect all arrivals from China and measure their vital signs.

Al-Rabiah said: "So far, no cases of infection with the new corona virus" 2019-nCoV "have been recorded in the Kingdom," explaining that the transmission of the virus between humans is through respiratory droplets, as no infection was detected resulting from dealing with the goods, whether for this. The virus or any other virus.

He added that the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control has prepared a health guide to deal with suspected cases, prepare the necessary laboratory tests and a mechanism for collecting and transferring samples to the national laboratory at the center, in addition to that, advice was issued to travelers heading to areas where the disease appeared.

He pointed out that since the beginning of the discovery of the virus in China, the Command and Control Center of the Ministry of Health has taken several precautionary measures, implementing international health regulations in such cases and fully coordinating with all relevant agencies to deal with this event and address it by taking a number of precautions Preventive measures, including closely monitoring the epidemiological situation by communicating with the World Health Organization and other available sources and coordinating with the Civil Aviation Authority to assess direct and indirect travel to and from China with a view to providing information to people who may travel to registered areas. There are injuries, to monitor those coming from them and to apply health assessment to them in the outlets, and then follow them to ensure their safety.

It is reported that the Command and Control Center has previously explained that the common symptoms of infection are acute respiratory symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing, and in more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia and acute respiratory syndrome.