DOHA, 27 Jun – RIA Novosti. The number of people infected with coronavirus in the Gulf countries, primarily Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is rapidly growing in the background of the easing of travel restrictions, said the Ministry of health of the six Arabian monarchies.
As reported on Monday, the Ministry of health in Saudi Arabia, in recent days the number of cases rose coronavirus 1289, the total number of infected exceeded 18,8 thousand people, the number of deaths has reached 144. More than 2.5 thousand people were recovered. Despite the rapid growth in the number of cases over the weekend, the Saudi authorities ordered to remove a curfew in most cities in the country, with the exception of Mecca.
According to the Ministry of health of Qatar on Monday, the number of cases of coronavirus grown to nearly a thousand people a day, which is one of the highest growth rates among Arab countries, and the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic exceeded the 11.2 thousand. As noted in the Ministry of health, mainly coronavirus detected from foreign workers who were isolated because of contact with a previously ill, the number of people infected continues to grow because the country reached the peak in the number of cases. The number of deaths remained the same from the coronavirus died 10 people. Since the beginning of the week in Qatar was partially removed from the quarantine to the industrial area where they work and live, many foreign workers, among whom was found the most cases of coronavirus.
the Number of cases in Qatar exceeded this target in the UAE, whose population is more than three times the population of the small Emirate. The number of cases of coronavirus in UAE since the start of the pandemic rose to 10.3 thousand, passed away 76 people, has recovered almost 2 thousand. UAE authorities last week ordered to gradually start opening shopping malls and stores and re-launch the public transport.
In turn, in Kuwait, the rate of spread of the coronavirus remain at the same level, and in recent days the number of new cases was 200, exceeding 3,2 thousand for the period from the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths rose to 22.
In Bahrain, the rate of spread of the coronavirus has slowed in recent days, according to the health Ministry, the country was identified 61 case, the total number is 2.7 thousand died eight people. More than 1.2 thousand of those infected have recovered.
The small number of cases from six countries of the Persian Gulf is recorded in Oman, where the coronavirus was diagnosed in 2049 people since the beginning of the pandemic, 10 people died.
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