Saudi Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah announced today, Tuesday, that his country expects a significant increase in cases of the emerging coronavirus in the coming weeks, from more than 2,700 cases now, to 200,000 cases.

He said in a speech broadcast on the governmental "Al-Ikhbaria" channel that four studies reached a conclusion "that the number of injuries during the next few weeks may range from 10 thousand injuries at the minimum level to up to two hundred thousand injuries at the top."