1,905 new Covid-19 cases in Saudi Arabia
Saudi doctor who returned from China joins anti-virus team in Madinah
Saudi Arabia yesterday reported 1,905 new coronavirus cases and nine new deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the Kingdom to 44,830 and the virus-related death toll to 273.
The Ministry of Health also reported the recovery of 2, 365 Covid-19 patients, bringing total recoveries to 17, 622.
Meanwhile, a fresh Saudi graduate doctor, who recently returned home from China where he studied medicine, joined a quarantine facility in Madinah as a volunteer, the Arabic daily newspaper Okaz reported.
His duty as an intern doctor in the morning shift in a hospital does not prevent Dr. Muaad Mohammed Bashir from working voluntarily in the quarantine facility in the evening.
New cases in Kuwait, Qatar
Dr. Bashir said: “At the start of the outbreak of coronavirus in China, I stayed there for around three months. However, due to my family’s growing concerns over my health, I returned to the kingdom after the Saudi embassy made great efforts to bring me back from China.
“Now, I am working as an intern in a hospital in the morning shift, and as a volunteer in the quarantine facility in Medina in the evening,” he added.
Kuwait yesterday confirmed 751 new cases, bringing to 11,028 the country’s total infections.
The Health Ministry also reported seven more deaths from Covid-19, taking to 82 the total such fatalities in Kuwait, the official news agency Kuna said.
Meanwhile, Qatar reported 1,390 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 26, 539.