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Saudi Arabia Confirms First Coronavirus Case, State-Run SPA Says

Saudi Arabia Confirms First Coronavirus Case, State-Run SPA Says

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia’s health ministry confirmed the kingdom’s first positive coronavirus case, state-run Saudi News Agency reported on Monday.

  • Citizen came from Iran via Bahrain and didn’t disclose his travel itinerary at border point
  • Ministry said the individual is currently isolated at the hospital, and it also isolated individuals who interacted with the confirmed case pending test results

To contact the reporter on this story: Dana Khraiche in Beirut at dkhraiche@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Christopher Kingdon at ckingdon@bloomberg.net, Nour Al Ali

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