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150 Saudi royals infected by coronavirus: Report

Friday, 10th April 2020

According to the New York Times on Thursday, about 150 people from the illustrious Saudi family have been infected by the coronavirus, and a world-class medical clinic that treats individuals from the decision group has put aside 500 beds as assuming a surge in their numbers.

Lord Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin-Salman, the real leader of the nation, didn't seem to appear among those infected. The monarch has quarantined himself in a castle on an island on the Red Sea, and the crown king is shielding with a senior person from his legislature at a remote site where he has wanted to assemble a modern city, the publication said.

It referred to an inside update gave by the emergency clinic on the beds being saved. "We don't have an idea what number of cases we will get yet high alarm," the message stated, directing that "every single constant patient to be moved out ASAP."

A senior royal which is the legislative leader of Riyadh is among those infected and is in intensive care, the report said.

The coronavirus doesn't discriminate, as it has demonstrated. US Prime Minister Boris Johnson stayed in ICU in London for the third day Thursday, and numerous people from the Iranian government are accounted for to have been infected.

Saudi Arabia has about 3,300 announced cases affirmed disease and 44 deaths. But the kingdom began its reduction effort even fore the first case was reported, air travel was suspended on March 2, and so was a travel to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

There are signs the kingdom may cancel this year's Haj travel, which has been held annually without interruption since 1798.