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As many as 150 members of the Saudi Arabian royal family may have been infected with coronavirus, according to a new report.
The infections are supposedly a key element in the Saudi decision to announce a ceasefire in Yemen, where Riyadh has been battling Iran-backed Houthi rebels on behalf of the country's deposed president since 2015.
According to The New York Times, as many as 150 Saudi royals are believed to have contracted the virus, including members of the lesser branches of the extensive family. The Times cited a person close to the family as giving the information. Newsweek has contacted the Saudi government and its embassy in Washington, D.C. for comment.
Saudi Arabia reported its first coronavirus case six weeks ago. There have now been 2,932 confirmed cases in the kingdom, with 41 deaths and 631 recoveries, according to Johns Hopkins University.
https://www.newsweek.com/150-members-saudi-arabia-royal-family-infected-coronavirus-report-1497032
And yet, just as with the Menace no mention of MSB.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)RussBLib
(9,019 posts)Too many rotten people living to ripe old ages, too many good people dying young, too many children with cancer, Donald Trump, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, etc etc.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Thoughts and prayers mutherfunsters.
lame54
(35,290 posts)The story reads 150 not 50
TheBlackAdder
(28,201 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,201 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)I see probable truth. We know they all think the rules/law don't apply to them and that they exist on a plane above the rest of us. If you had been vulgar or profane that would be another matter, but you weren't.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)His Saudi pals and Boris are infected.