KSrelief Supervisor General Meets with Assistant Director General for Emergencies Response at WHO

Brindisi, Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah met today in Brindisi, Italy, with the Assistant Director General for Emergencies Response at the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the G20 on humanitarian cases.

During the meeting, they reviewed strategic partnership between the two organizations as well as the great role being played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief, in providing various health programs to countries in need.

The Assistant Director General praised the humanitarian efforts being exerted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the important role it plays in partnership with international organizations, especially WHO. He also stressed that this partnership has contributed to alleviating the suffering of many peoples around the world.

KSrelief has implemented 21 projects in many countries, in partnership with the WHO. The projects include providing assistance in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, combating epidemics, providing basic nutrition services for children and improving access to water service, at a total cost of more than USD 141 million.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Syrians and foreigners, who will come to Syria, will be exempted from PCR document if they had a vaccination

Damascus, Health Minister, Hassan Muhammad al-Ghabash, instructed health departments in provinces that Syrians and foreigners coming to Syria will be exempted from presenting a document of PCR test if they had the anti-corona vaccination.

The Minister issued a circular stipulating that the Syrians or foreigners who come to Syria will be exempted from PCR test if they had a vaccination against Covid-19.

Source: Syria Arab News Agency

1,534 New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 1,487 Recoveries Reported in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, The Ministry of Health announced, in a statement here today, that 1,534 new confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number to 489,126, including 12,174 active cases.

Of these, there are 1,389 critical cases, while the health condition of the rest is stable.

It added that 13 new deaths have been reported; putting the tally of fatalities, at 7,832.

Meanwhile, as many as 1,487 cases have recovered, raising recoveries’ toll to 469,120.

Source: Saudi Press Agency