Riyadh hospital staff tests positive for coronavirus

The hospital said the patient was among the cases reported by the health ministry in its official statement on Thursday. (File/AFP)
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  • The patient had been in contact with a domestic worker who arrived a week ago from a coronavirus unnamed hotspot country
  • The hospital said the patient was in stable condition

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh has reported that one of its staff was tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.

The patient had been in contact with a domestic worker who arrived a week ago from a coronavirus unnamed hotspot country.

The hospital said the patient was in stable condition and medical check-ups are ongoing to all the people she had been in contact with. All the results are negative until this moment, the hospital added.

The hospital also said the patient was among the cases reported by the health ministry in its official statement on Thursday.