Saudi reports 2 corona deaths

Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Abdallah Al-Rubay'a on Sunday announced that two more people died of the SARS-like corona virus. The two fatalities took to 15 the death toll from the deadly virus in the Kingdom this year with the infection cases amounting to 24, the minister told reporters here. "Since the discovery of the first infection case in the kingdom last year, the Ministry has been in contact with experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the national think-tanks to combat the virus, he said. "Most of those who contracted the infection suffer from chronic diseases and weak immunity," he noted.