PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Otaibi, Sultan T.
TI  - The battle against Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2020.12.25459
DP  - 2020 Dec 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1285--1291
VI  - 41
IP  - 12
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/41/12/1285.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/41/12/1285.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2020 Dec 01; 41
AB  - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which was initially reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan has now spread unprecedented all over the world, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The World Health Organization declared this outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern during late January 2020 while the announcement of this viral infectious condition was made as COVID-19 disease during February 2020. As of late May 2020, the global death rate due to COVID-19 was 357,714 and 441 in KSA alone. This review provides an overview of COVID-19 and the public health measures adopted by KSA in the context of COVID-19.