Saudi to pay families of medical workers who died fighting Covid-19

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia says it is giving half a million riyals, the equivalent of $133,000, to the family of each medical worker who died fighting the coronavirus pandemic in the kingdom.

An announcement made Sunday said the financial award would apply to all health care workers who died as a result of the virus, including non-Saudis and personnel who worked in private sector settings. The Health Ministry has not said publicly how many of the kingdom’s 8,320 pandemic deaths involved health workers.