Saudi Arabia reported a steady increase of 2,532 new coronavirus cases and 12 new deaths, which brings the total number of cases in the Kingdom to 65,077 and the virus-related death toll to 351, the Ministry of Health announced.
Saudi Arabia is taking new austerity measures to cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, announcing that it would triple its VAT and slash a cost-of-living allowance for government workers, according to reports and comments from the Kingdom's finance minister.
Uber Eats has decided to withdraw its food delivery service in both Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and will join forces with Careem in the UAE, according to reports citing comments from company leadership in the region.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund bought a 5.7% stake in the LiveNation, the U.S. events and ticketing company, which is parent to Ticketmaster, according to reports.
For Saudis and other Muslims around the world, the approaching month of Ramadan will look different this year as governments take preventative measures to safeguard their citizens from the coronavirus.
Saudi Arabia moved to help firms avoid having to fire Saudi citizens amid an economic slowdown resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.
Leaders of the G20 economies pledged on Thursday to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses from the coronavirus and “do whatever it takes to overcome the pandemic," according to a statement from the G20 leaders.
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States HRH Princess Reema bint Bandar recently shared on twitter a 60-second video showing all the steps that Saudi Arabia has taken to combat the spread of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, within the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia was the largest recipient of US arms in 2015–19 and accounted for 25 percent of U.S. arms exports, a surge of 17.6 percent over the period between 2010-2014, according to the latest Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2019 report from SIPRI.
