Saudi Arabia offers support to G20’s Global Epidemic Initiative
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Health emphasised the necessity of improving global health coordination and strengthening global health systems. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced its support to the G20’s working group on the worldwide epidemic preparedness, prevention, and response as well as the need to make sure continues funding...
Read moreThe Saudi aid agency successfully ends drive to treat blindness in Niger
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center recently concluded a volunteered medical campaign in Niger to treat blindness and various eye related problems. During the campaign in Maradi, the volunteer team performed 6,236 medical examinations and 407 surgeries. It also distributed 5,272 medicines and 1,000 pairs of glasses. According to...
Read moreIn Makkah, the first MoH centre for the elderly and geriatrics opened
On Monday, the Saudi Ministry of Health inaugurated its first centre for the aged and elderly diseases in Riyadh at King Abdulaziz Hospital. Dr. Hatem Al-Omari, Acting CEO of Makkah Health Cluster, inaugurated the centre in the presence of Dr. Walid Al-Koridi, Director General of Home Healthcare and Geriatrics at...
Read moreMinistry: Hajj requires full COVID-19 vaccination
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said this year’s Hajj pilgrims must be fully immunized with one of the approved COVID19- vaccines. The confirmation comes less than 24 hours after Saudi authorities lifted COVID-19 preventative measures, including mask requirements. All Hajj pilgrims must be immunised with a COVID-19 vaccine approved by...
Read moreAs first Hajj pilgrims arrive, Saudi Arabia relaxes COVID-19 restrictions
As part of easing epidemic regulations ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage that begins in a month, Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that masks will no longer be required in most confined venues. As the Saudi Kingdom prepares for the Hajj, more than 850, 000 pilgrims from abroad are expected...
Read moreSaudi Arabia lifts all precautionary measures related to COVID-19
The Saudi Press Agency reported that the Saudi Arabian government announced a relaxation of its precautionary as well as preventive measures in order to fight COVID-19. Based on the Kingdom’s continuous progress in all epidemiological indices, and the high level of immunization that gives the community immunity, the Saudi...
Read moreSaudi Arabia opens its arms to HIV-AIDS patients without shame or stigma
The Saudi Press Agency reports that Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its commitment to fighting AIDS and supporting people who are suffering from the disease. Mohammed Al-Ateeq, acting charge d’affaires for the Kingdom’s permanent representatives to the United Nations, says that his country has both preventative and remedial programs to...
Read moreAs new cases of infection fall below 1000, two COVID-related deaths were reported in Saudi Arabia
Recent COVID-19 cases reported in Saudi Arabia have stayed below the appalling 1,000-mark. Last Friday, only 932 COVID-19 positive cases were recorded in the country, in 24 hours. This comes at a time when cases of coronavirus in the Saudi Kingdom had been fluctuating close to the 500-mark before rapidly...
Read moreWith the drop in new cases of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia, recovery rates are on the rise
The Saudi Arabian COVID-19 case count dipped below 1,000 on Thursday, after 955 new infections were confirmed in the previous 24 hours. For the first time since February 20, 2022, the number of new COVID cases in Saudi Arabia has surpassed 1,000. In the past, between 500 and 600...
Read more1 029 new cases of Covid-19, 3 deaths reported in Saudi Arabia
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia documented more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time since the virus was discovered there in February 2020. According to Arab News, there were a total of 1,029 new cases that day. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, had 341 reports, while Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah, and Madinah...
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