Saudi Arabia ranked sixth for safest travel

Saudi Arabia has ranked sixth among the safest travel destinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to an article published by Wego Travel Blog, called “Safe Places to Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” the Kingdom was the only Middle East country in the group. Countries were chosen according to an EU methodology for its travel risk assessment.
The classification methodology includes epidemiological criteria, countries’ ability to significantly decrease and stabilize the spread of the virus for a sustained period of time, health system capacity, and centers with large-scale testing capacity to detect and monitor infections.
Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 mortality rate continues to decrease, with a further 13 deaths on Saturday.
Its daily death count has been decreasing as of late, with fewer than 20 deaths per day since Nov. 12. The total number of deaths recorded in the Kingdom since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 5,870.
There were 220 new cases recorded, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 356,911.