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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the detection of the first coronavirus case.
The country said the patient is a Saudi national traveling from Iran to the Kingdom through Bahrain, Saudi State TV reported.
Details later…
#BREAKING: #SaudiArabia announces the first case of #Coronavirus in the Kingdom, with the infected case being a citizen who came from #Iran via Bahrain. pic.twitter.com/86u2ImVF4v
— Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) March 2, 2020
