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Saudi Health Ministry grants pregnant women sick leave to avoid virus risks

Saudi Health Ministry grants pregnant women sick leave to avoid virus risks
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Updated 16 March 2020

Saudi Health Ministry grants pregnant women sick leave to avoid virus risks

Saudi Health Ministry grants pregnant women sick leave to avoid virus risks
  • The sick leave is part of precautionary measures aimed at confronting the spread of coronavirus

RIYADH: 海角直播鈥檚 Ministry of Health has announced a compulsory two-week sick leave for pregnant women.

The leave has also been granted to people with respiratory and chronic diseases, tumors and immunodeficiency who are workers in both the private and public sectors.

Dr. Tawfig Al-Rabiah said the committee tasked to monitor coronavirus developments will 鈥渋mplement a package of preventive measures聽to prevent societal outbreaks."

The committee 鈥渙bliges all governmental and private sectors to grant compulsory sick leave of two weeks from its date and that it is not calculated from the leave balance for all employees who meet these conditions.鈥

The sick leave is part of precautionary measures aimed at reducing the numbers of patients infected with the coronavirus in 海角直播.