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Four people die of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia - Min.

RIYADH, April 25 (KUNA) -- Four persons died of coronavirus and 10 others are infected with the virus and hospitalized in Jeddah, Makkah and Riyadh, the Health Ministry said Friday.
It said in a statement that an 81-year-old Palestinian man was diabetic and has unstable blood pressure history died of the virus.
A female from Bangladesh, who is 40 years old, also died after being infected with the virus, it said, in addition to a 30-year-old Saudi citizen and a 64-year-old diabetic Palestinian expatriate.
Other coronavirus cases were hospitalized in Riyadh, Makkah and Jeddah, said the ministry. The patients, some of them Asian nurses, were closely monitored .
Minister of Health Adel Faqih said renowned experts would arrive in Riyadh next Tuesday to provide advice on how to deal with coronavirus. (end) od.bs