[BLOOMBERG] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
removed its health minister from his post as the country struggles to combat an outbreak of a deadly respiratory virus.
Abdullah al-Rabeeah was relieved of his duties and will become an adviser to the royal court, the official Saudi Press Agency said late yesterday. He'll be replaced on an acting basis by Labor Minister Adel Faqih, the SPA said.
There, that'll fix the problem, a new health minister... | Saudi Arabia says 19 people in Jeddah and Riyadh have tested positive for the coronavirus, which causes Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, since April 18. Al-Rabeeah said at a presser in the capital on April 20 that total cases have risen to 244, and the government expects more. At least 93 people have died of the disease since it emerged in Saudi Arabia in September 2012, according to the World Health Organization. |