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Eastern Province

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Area672522
Population4. 9 million (2017)
Postal Code3XXXX
Colleges and universities Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Points of interest King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture
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About Eastern Province


The Eastern Province is the largest province of Saudi Arabia by area. The province's capital is the city of Dammam, which hosts the majority of the region's population and its seat of government. The Eastern Province is the third most populous province in Saudi Arabia, after Makkah and Riyadh.

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... In Halifax, in the Eastern Province of Nova Scotia, temperatures last week reached 33C, around 10 degrees higher than normal for the time of year...

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... The researcher from the Flemish Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO) walks us along a countryside track in Belgium s Eastern Province of Limburg...

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... Muzammil is reported to have led the fight against Islamic State militants in his previous posting as governor of the Eastern Province of Nangarhar...

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... Back in 2016, he became party secretary for the wealthy Eastern Province of Jiangsu, known for its tech companies...

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... In 1999 a quake killed more than 17,000 in the north-west while in 1939, 33,000 people died in the Eastern Province of Erzincan...

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... " Despite being offered the chance to leave Afghanistan, she chose to stay and fight for her people, " Ms Nabizada, from the Eastern Province of Nangarhar, was elected as a member of parliament from Kabul in 2018 and stayed in power until the Taliban takeover...

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... When the documents were released at the end of a 75-year confidentiality period, the declassified map made clear that Ommeren, in the Eastern Province of Gelderland, was where the treasure appeared to lie...

Coronavirus: South Korea confirmed the huge increase in cases

Nov 28,2022 6:00 am

Two coronavirus patient died in South Korea so far

South Korea says that The Number of new coronavirus cases in the country has More Than doubled in a day.

the officials said on Saturday that 229 new cases had been confirmed since Friday, raising the Total to 433.

Vice-Minister of health, Kim Gang-lip, said the outbreak had "a serious new phase".

are connected to a hospital and a religious group in the vicinity of the southeastern city of Daegu, the authorities have said.

Two of the patients in South Korea have died so far, and there are fears The Number will rise.

Daegu and near Cheongdo - where The Hospital is located - were reported declared "special caution areas" and The Streets of Daegu, will be largely abandoned.

The latest developments came as Chinese health officials reported a decline in deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday.

The Head of The World health organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been concerned about The Number of new cases have no clear connection to China or other confirmed cases.

He warned that the "window of opportunity", The Virus was included in the "narrowing".

China has 76,288 cases, including 2,345 deaths reported cases, while More Than 1,200 cases of The Virus have been confirmed in 26 other countries and there are eight deaths, The Who says were.

A Cruise Ship , The Diamond Princess , has been quarantined off the coast of Japan, with More Than 600 confirmed cases of The Virus .

from Japan and is due to land in England later on Saturday.

On Friday, doctors in Italy said a 78-year-old man is the First Person in the country was reported to die from the new coronavirus, Ansa news Agency.

Earlier, Italy had announced that a further 16 cases, and his health minister, said schools and offices would be closed and sporting events cancelled in the affected regions.

The new Virus that initially causes in the past year in the province of Hubei in China, a disease of the respiratory tract Covid-19 called.

What has happened in South Korea ?

Medical announced officials for The First time, 142 new cases on Saturday And Then hours later, The Number increased to 87.

In a statement, The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that of the 229 new cases, 95 were in connection with Daenam hospital in Cheongdo. There are 114 confirmed cases in The Hospital - Nine employees and 102 of the patient, it added.

A 63-year-old man died in The Hospital on Wednesday and another patient died on Friday in Busan, after the transfer of Daenam hospital, Yonhap news agency reported.

KCDC of the 62 said the new cases - 231 in Total - were connected.

the authorities have made it clear that a large number of sect followers attended The Funeral of The Founder of the brother of the 31. January to 2. February.

The Agency said it had placed 9,336 Shincheonji members in self-quarantine, and that those who have been More Than 500 tested for the coronavirus.

The Sect , the accused was a cult that had said it, now shuts down his Daegu, establishment and services in other regions to take place online or individually at home.

At a press conference, Mr Kim expressed optimism that the outbreak could be contained to the region around Daegu.

"Although we are starting to see some of the other cases nationwide infections are still sporadic outside of the special management zone of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province ," he told reporters.

What is with China and elsewhere?

The Virus has now China's prison system is infected confirmed, with More Than 500 occupants.

you are one of 230 patients in a women's prison in Wuhan. Other cases were Zhejiang in a prison in the Eastern Province of Shandong and the South-Eastern Province .

about 36 people in a hospital in Beijing, have also tested positive.

Senior officials have been dismissed for abuse of the management of the outbreak.

the passengers of the Diamond Princess , the go tested negative still on Board The Ship in Yokohama for More Than 14 days in quarantine on Board.

But, 18 American evacuees from The Ship tested positive after arriving in the United States, officials said. More Than 300 other U.S. citizens arrived back in the USA after disembarking.

More Than 150 Australian passengers were evacuated to The Ship and arrived in Darwin, where you will begin a further two weeks quarantine.

Australian officials said on Friday that six people had reported feeling unwell on arrival in Darwin, and were immediately tested. Two of these people in a positive, despite a negative test have been tested before it leaves Japan.

The First batch of people from Hong Kong have also flown back to The City , where they are, are also put under quarantine.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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