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Saudi Arabia reports first coronavirus death, an Afghani resident

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13:1824/03/2020, Tuesday
U: 24/03/2020, Tuesday
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A cleric calls for the prayer at an empty Al-Rajhi Mosque, as Friday prayers were suspended following the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
A cleric calls for the prayer at an empty Al-Rajhi Mosque, as Friday prayers were suspended following the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Saudi Arabia has recorded its first death from the coronavirus in a 51-year-old Afghani resident, Health Ministry spokesman Mohammed Abdelali told a televised news conference on Tuesday.

The man's health deteriorated quickly after reporting to a hospital emergency room in the city of Medina and he died on Monday night, Abdelali said.

#Mohammed Abdelali
#Saudi Arabia
#coronavirus
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