Saudi Arabia reports four new coronavirus cases

Saudi Arabia has reported four new cases today (Monday) bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 15, Saudi health ministry said.

The spokesperson of health ministry informed in a statement that the four new cases include a Saudi national, two Bahrainis and an American.

In this regard, Saudi authorities have also suspended travel to nine countries for Saudi citizens and residents amid coronavirus outbreak.

The spokesperson of health ministry further said that four of the cases include two Bahraini women. All of these patients were isolated in a hospital in Qatif.

The authorities further said that people travelling from those countries or anyone who has been there in past 14 days would be temporarily banned from entering Saudi Arabia.

The nine countries are UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, South Korea, Egypt, and Iraq.