Two more weeks of curfew
Saudi Arabia reimposes curfew in Jeddah
Oil-rich kingdom reimposes curfew in Red Sea city of Jeddah 3 p.m to 6 a.m for two weeks starting on Saturday due to spread of the coronavirus, suspends work in offices.
Friday 05/06/2020
Two more weeks of curfew
DUBAI - Saudi Arabia has reimposed a curfew in the Red Sea city of Jeddah from 3 p.m to 6 a.m for two weeks starting on Saturday due to the spread of the coronavirus, and suspended work in offices, state news agency SPA reported.
SPA said prayers in the city's mosques had also been suspended.
Saudi Arabia on Thursday recorded 1,975 new coronavirus cases and 806 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the Kingdom to 93,157 and recoveries to 68,965, according to a statement from the health ministry.
32 more patients died, raising the death toll to 611, said the ministry.
Saudi Arabia had recently witnessed a downward trend in the number of infections but the numbers in the last two days show a reverse trend.