Saudi Health Ministry Says Pandemic Easing in Kingdom

Teams disinfect the holy Kaaba in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. (SPA)
Teams disinfect the holy Kaaba in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. (SPA)
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Saudi Health Ministry Says Pandemic Easing in Kingdom

Teams disinfect the holy Kaaba in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. (SPA)
Teams disinfect the holy Kaaba in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia registered on Wednesday 816 new coronavirus cases, taking its infections to 317,486.

In a daily briefing on the outbreak, the Health Ministry confirmed 996 more recoveries, raising the tally to 292,510.

Twenty-seven more fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 3,956.

Ministry spokesman Dr. Mohammed Abdelali announced that the pandemic was easing in the Kingdom, but stressed the need to maintain the strict preventive measures.

Speaking at a press conference, he declared that the precautions the Kingdom had adopted were bearing fruit today and helped lower the number of infections.

The Health Ministry is prepared for any new wave of the pandemic or any spike in infections, he added.



Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Meets with French Envoy to Lebanon

Photo by SPA
Photo by SPA
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Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Meets with French Envoy to Lebanon

Photo by SPA
Photo by SPA

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cabinet Member, and Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir met on Wednesday with the French President's Special Envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian.

This came on the sidelines of the 8th edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII8) Conference.
During the meeting, they discussed the current developments in Lebanon.