Covid-19: China has 2 more cases and Saudi Arabia considers budget cuts

The Chinese government has blocked virtually all foreigners from entering the country and sharply curtailed the number of international flights

Globally, atleast 3,484,176 people have been infected by coronavirus so far, while the total number of deaths from Covid-19 stand at 244,778, according to worldometer.

In China, health authorities said only two new Covid-19 cases were confirmed on Saturday, continuing a downward trend since the government took steps to cut the number of people arriving from overseas.

One new case was in the inland Shanxi province, west of Beijing, and the other was an imported one in Shanghai. China's official confirmed case count stands at 82,877. Most of the patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, news agency