Sars-like virus kills two more in Saudi Arabia
A new Sars-like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the kingdom has announced to seven in one week, the health ministry said.
A new Sars-like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the kingdom has announced to seven in one week, the health ministry said.
“The health ministry has announced that three infections by the new coronavirus have been registered during the past days in Al-Ahsaa. Two of the victims have died while the third is in a stable condition,” state news agency SPA said late on Sunday.
The health ministry has announced that three infections by the new coronavirus have been registered during the past days in Al-Ahsaa. Two of the victims have died while the third is in a stable condition
The report did not identify the nationality of the latest victims.
On Wednesday, the health ministry announced five Saudis recently died of the Sars-like virus and that two more were being treated in an intensive care unit.
The World Health Organisation said on Friday that three new cases of the virus were detected in Saudi Arabia.
The outbreak has occurred in the oil-rich Red Sea region of Al-Ahsaa, which is near Bahrain and Qatar.