Saudi Arabia repatriates COVID infected family from India

RIYADH: A Saudi family infected with COVID-19 was repatriated from India on a special medical flight, media reports here said.

The medical air evacuation plane arrived at the King Salman Air Force Base in Riyadh on Monday after a 15-hour flight, the Saudi Gazette reported.

The airlift of the Saudi family was done by the Ministry of Defence at the direction of Saudi King Salman, the paper said.