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Expats grateful for Saudi generosity

September 23, 2014

Riyadh, Sep 23: Today is a proud moment for all the people residing in Saudi Arabia, which is celebrating its 84th National Day, the anniversary of the glorious unification by great visionary King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, the founder of the modern Kingdom in 1932.Saudi generosity

Declared as a national holiday, the occasion is very special to the citizens as well as to the huge number of expatriates residing in this beautiful Kingdom to cherish all the gigantic achievements that have been accomplished in a country, whose religion is Islam, development a vision and justice a ruling method.

On this auspicious occasion, the Saudi citizens feel very grateful to the founding father for laying a strong foundation for the ongoing journey of the modern Kingdom and express their gratitude for all the great efforts he made to unify the Kingdom on the basis of Kalima e Shahadah, which the national flag bears with the Arabic testimony of the faith — “La ilaha il Allahu — Muhammadur Rasulullah — there is no god worthy of worship except the Almighty Allah and prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is His messenger.”

Expressing his sentiment, Waddah Abdul Kader Omran, a Saudi national working as manager with McDonald’s, Saudi Arabia, told Arab News: “I am thankful to Almighty Allah for bestowing safety and security on us as we live in complete solidarity and peace. We are fortunate that we got good leadership in King Abdul Aziz, the founder of our modern unified Kingdom... as we all know we used to be in a different and divided rule on this piece of land for so many years but in 1932 we finally got our unified Kingdom. This was due to the great efforts of our visionary leader and from that day, we are celebrating our National Day with great zeal and zest each year on Sept. 23 to mark the beautiful occasion with traditional fervor and gaiety.”

Abdullah Inayat, a Riyadh-based PR executive, commented: “We are celebrating our 84th National Day with great zeal to cherish all the achievements that we have accomplished in the successful journey so far under the wise and brave leadership of our successive frontline leaders from our founder King Abdul Aziz to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. I pray Almighty Allah to bestow His blessings and all good things on our flourishing Kingdom.”

The huge number of expatriate workers of different nationalities, who have adopted the Kingdom as their second home, feel equally excited on the occasion of the National Day.

Various diplomatic missions here have greeted the Saudi government and people for the National Day anniversary.

Sharing his sentiments, Ebrahim Edries, consul general of South Africa, told Arab News: “Celebrating the Saudi National Day is important as celebrating national values appropriately is significant in forging national unity. We thus join all Saudis to celebrate their National Day with pride and enthusiasm,” he added.

The expatriates are thankful to the king, the crown prince and the Saudi authorities for all the humanitarian support extended to them for residing and working in the Kingdom. Speaking to Arab News, Mohammed Quaiser, a non-resident Indian working in the Kingdom for two decades, who also heads a voluntary organization of NRIs here, said: “The Kingdom is generous and has donated immensely to help develop the Muslim and Arab nation under its successive frontline leadership over the years. As an Indian and member of the largest expatriate community in Saudi Arabia, I have great respect and admiration for the visionary Saudi leadership and the Ummah it has been supporting, and wish all the success to this great Kingdom,” he added.

Akhatar ul-Islam Nadwi, an NRI staying in Riyadh for several years who is active in the community, said he has full admiration for the Kingdom, which accommodates people of all nationalities to live in peace and harmony.

He added: “I have great respect for the Saudi leadership and founder of its modern day Kingdom for all the great efforts they made for unification of this pious land and their struggle to give a better future to the upcoming generation....long live Saudi Arabia.”

Abdullah Ahmad, a Sudanese worker, who has grown up in the Kingdom, said he really admired the way this beautiful Kingdom has reached the age of peace and prosperity; all praise to Almighty Allah and the visionary leadership of the Kingdom for the huge success story they have written for their nation.

“Congratulations to the people of Saudi Arabia on the occasion of the anniversary of their unification.”

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April 28,2020

Dubai, Apr 28: Riyadh municipality has announced 13 requirements to restore commercial activity in malls starting Wednesday (April 29), in accordance with the government’s coronavirus precautionary measures.

The requirements include: the continued closure of all entertainment and playing areas inside malls, and not allowing the entry of children under the age of 15.

The municipality requires all malls to ensure the availability of medical examination and sterilization teams to measure the temperature of all individuals entering the mall at all entrances throughout opening hours, prevent any person with a temperature exceeding 38 degrees Celsius from entering, remove all chairs and benches in the corridors, and provide masks and gloves for visitors at the entrances.

All malls are to have security personnel stationed at all entrances to ensure that visitors are wearing masks.

The municipality also requires all malls to sterilize the entire facility every 24 hours, allocate rooms for medical isolation when there is any suspicion of an individual being infected with COVID-19, ensure the presence of a sufficient number of security personnel, and carry out regular rounds to verify full compliance, and suspend the valet service.

It also called for malls to put up explanatory signs of the guidelines to ensure that everyone understands the precautionary measures.

Malls should rely on the use of escalators and stairs for movement between floors, and in the event they are not available, only two people are allowed to ride the elevator at a time.

Revised curfew

Saudi Arabia had revised on April 21 its coronavirus curfew timings for the holy month of Ramadan, allowing residents in all areas and cities not currently under a 24-horu lockdown to go out between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

However, areas under a complete lockdown will only be allowed to go out for essential needs, such as grocery shopping or medical visits, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Residents in these areas must stay within their neighborhoods

A 24-hour lockdown was previously imposed on the cities of Riyadh, Tabuk, Dammam, Dhahran, and Hofuf and throughout the governorates of Jeddah, Taif, Qatif, and Khobar.

The government had imposed a full lockdown on the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah as well. Other cities and governorates had a curfew implemented from 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily.

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April 15,2020

Dubai, Apr 15: Saudi Arabia reported 493 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5869, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.

According to the ministry of health, the number of recoveries today are 42 cases, making total of recoveries in the kingdom 931. And 71 critical cases in intensive care.

The ministry also confirmed 6 deaths bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 79.

Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew and lockdown on the cities of Riyadh, Tabuk, Dammam, Dhahran and Hofuf and throughout the governorates of Jeddah, Taif, Qatif and Khobar. This week the curfew was extended until further notice.

Overall, Saudi Arabia has reported one of the lowest rates of infection in the region, with around 5,000 cases in a population of over 30 million. Mecca was one of the first Saudi cities to be placed under a full-day curfew, and authorities took unprecedented precautions, suspending religious tourism in February and closing mosques across the country in March.

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April 27,2020

Dubai, Apr 27: Saudi Arabia has reported 1,289 new Covid-19 cases on April 27, its Ministry of Health tweeted.

Of the newly diagnosed cases, Jeddah recorded 294 infections, followed by Makkah (218) and Madinah (202).

The ministry also confirmed five additional coronavirus-induced deaths, spiking the total death toll to 144.

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Since the outbreak of the virus strain in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, Saudi Arabia has reported a total of 18,811 Covid-19 infections.

As many as 2,531 patients have till now recovered from the virus.

Oman
The sultanate registered 51 new Covid-19 cases on April 27, including 37 nationals and 14 expatriates, spiking the total number of infections to 2,049, Oman News Agency tweeted.

Meanwhile, 10 coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in the country.

Qatar
The Ministry of Public Health has reported 957 Covid-19 cases among the 3,420 people tested in the last 24 hours.

As many as 85,709 people have been tested for the virus across the country.

The total number of Covid-19 infections since the outbreak has now risen to 11,244.

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