Saudi Arabia reported four new coronavirus cases bringing the total of registered cases to 15, its health ministry said in a statement.

The ministry added that new cases include 1 Saudi national, 2 Bahrainis and 1 American.

Saudi Arabia also suspended travel to nine countries for its citizens and residents amid coronavirus fears and suspended the entry of people from those countries or anyone who has been there in the past 14 days.

The nine countries are the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, South Korea, Egypt, Italy and Iraq.

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