Saudi Arabia Records 4,778 COVID-19 Cases

In-person learning will resume for elementary and pre-school students on January 23 in Saudi Arabia. SPA
In-person learning will resume for elementary and pre-school students on January 23 in Saudi Arabia. SPA
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Saudi Arabia Records 4,778 COVID-19 Cases

In-person learning will resume for elementary and pre-school students on January 23 in Saudi Arabia. SPA
In-person learning will resume for elementary and pre-school students on January 23 in Saudi Arabia. SPA

Saudi Arabia has recorded 4,778 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, still below the peak of 4,919 in June 2020, the Health Ministry said Monday.

The Ministry also reported 893 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 547,507.

A total of 583,531 COVID-19 cases have now been recorded in the Kingdom, with the death toll reaching 8,895.

The Saudi Health and Education Ministries announced on Sunday that in-person learning will resume for elementary and pre-school students on January 23.

The decision applies to public, private, international and foreign schools, they said in a joint statement.



Saudi-Kuwaiti Talks Focus on Ways to Strengthen Security Cooperation

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
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Saudi-Kuwaiti Talks Focus on Ways to Strengthen Security Cooperation

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meets with Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday (SPA)

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Minister of Interior, held official talks with Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad bin Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Sunday.
The talks focused on ways to promote security cooperation between the two countries, especially in combating drug trafficking, as well as discussing several other issues of mutual interest.

The Saudi Minister stressed that the meeting is in line with the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to enhance the two countries’ security cooperation.

The Kuwaiti official arrived earlier in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, where he was warmly welcomed by the Saudi Minister of Interior and several senior officials from both countries.