No Vietnamese in Saudi Arabia positive for SARS-CoV-2
No Vietnamese citizens in Saudi Arabia had contracted the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), the Vietnamese Embassy in the Middle East nation said on April 2.
A coffee shop in Saudi Arabia looks empty due to COVID-19 (Source: AFP/VNA)
Cairo (VNA) – No Vietnamese citizens in Saudi Arabia had contractedthe acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19), the Vietnamese Embassy in the Middle East nation said on April 2.
As of that date,Saudi Arabia had recorded 1,885 confirmed cases, including 21 fatalities. Thereare currently around 10,000 Vietnamese people living in the country, mainlylabourers and housemaids.
Since the countryannounced its first case on March 2, the embassy has taken numerousmeasures to support Vietnamese citizens and advise them how to prevent thedisease.
The office hasregularly provided updated information on the pandemic on its website //vnembassy-riyadh.mofa.gov.vn and social networks, while making recommendations about countermeasures relatedto hygiene and disinfection, and advising them to avoid crowds andnon-essential travel.
The embassy alsoasked Vietnamese to strictly follow the host country’s curfew order from 3:00pmto 6:00am, reminding them of the fines to be imposed.
It has also set up acitizen protection hotline at 96 6567 290693 and the local health office’s phonenumber 937, 997, as well as a list of 25 hospitals specialised in the COVID-19 designated by the Saudi Arabian government.
In addition, they havebeen informed of the host country’s policy allowing a free three-monthextension for foreign workers with residence cards or exit visa orre-entry visa which expire between March 20 and June 30.
They were alsoupdated on King Salman’s March 30 decree which says all COVID-19 cases will beprovided with free treatment at public and private hospitals nationwide./.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria has asked all Vietnamese citizens to strictly abide by regulations on COVID-19 prevention in the host country since the situation is developing complicatedly.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore has liaised with relevant agencies of the host country to ask for help in visit pass extension and residence procedures for Vietnamese citizens who have been stranded in the country and wish to return home.
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A coffee shop in Saudi Arabia looks empty due to COVID-19 (Source: AFP/VNA) 
