JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery rate continues to hold steady at 97 percent, as the daily confirmed case and recovery rates continue to be recorded at numbering between 100-200.
The Ministry of Health reported 159 new recoveries on Saturday, raising the total number to 356,541. The city of Riyadh has seen the highest rate of recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic, with over 59,000 recoveries to date; Makkah in second place with 34,103, and Jeddah a close third with 33,721 recoveries so far.
The ministry also reported 140 new cases on Saturday, raising the total number of those infected with COVID-19 to 364,753. The Riyadh region reported 58 new cases, Makkah 28 cases and the Eastern Province 26 new cases. Baha region reported no cases on Saturday.
There are currently 1,894 active cases, 321 of which are in critical care. In addition, five new fatalities were reported, raising the total mortality rate to 6,318. Saudi Arabia has so far conducted over 11.6 million PCR tests, with 43,255 carried out in the past 24 hours.
Saudi Arabia’s virus recovery rate stable and well within control
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Saudi Arabia’s virus recovery rate stable and well within control
- The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom has increased to 356,541
- A total of 6,318 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far
Saudi Arabia launches initiative to reroute Gulf cargo to Red Sea ports
- The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region
- Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched an initiative to redirect shipping from ports in the Arabian Gulf to its Red Sea ports amid the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war.
Transport Minister Saleh Al-Jasser, who also chairs the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), launched the Logistics Corridors Initiative alongside Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority Governor Suhail Abanmi, Mawani President Suliman Al-Mazroua, and other officials, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The initiative will establish dedicated operational corridors to receive containers and cargo redirected from ports in the Kingdom's Eastern Region and other Gulf Cooperation Council states to Jeddah Islamic Port and other Red Sea coast ports.
Al-Jasser said the Kingdom was committed to ensuring supply-chain stability and the smooth flow of goods through global trade routes. Jeddah Islamic Port and other west coast ports, he added, were already playing a key role in accommodating shipments redirected from the east, while also linking Gulf cargo to regional and international markets.
The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region. Iran has long threatened to close the strait — the world's most critical oil and gas chokepoint, through which roughly a fifth of global oil supplies pass — in the event of a war.
Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway, sending freight rates soaring and forcing shipping companies to seek alternative routes.
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports offer a viable bypass, connecting Gulf cargo to global markets without passing through the strait.
