Bangladesh national infected with coronavirus in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has reported 24 new coronavirus cases and a Bangladesh national is one of the victims.
The individual was in quarantine with 14 Egyptians in Makkah, Arab News said on Friday, citing the Ministry of Health.
They were infected after having connection with previously announced cases of men and women with coronavirus, in line with the report. With the brand new ones, the full total number of coronavirus cases in the Gulf kingdom stood at 86, it added.
In the centre East, the Bangladesh national infected in Saudi Arabia may be the third coronavirus patient from the South Asian country. The two others were reported in the United Arab Emirates.
The virus was also detected in five Bangladeshi migrants in Singapore and two in Italy.
Among the expatriates diagnosed in Singapore, four have fully recovered from the infection and returned home, according to the disease control agency of Bangladesh. But one of them remains in critical condition.
Three cases were reported in Bangladesh aswell and one of them returned home after full recovery, the authorities said.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday urged the expatriate Bangladeshis in the Middle East to have patience, saying Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait would extend their visa after travel restrictions for the coronavirus are over.
