Saudi Gazette report

JEDDAH — The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center here evacuated a sick Turkish sailor in his 30s aboard a tanker on Friday.

The unnamed sailor, crewing for a tanker with a Marshall Islands flag, had to be evacuated as he had fever, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Saturday.

As a precaution, authorities implemented coronavirus measures during his evacuation and subsequent transfer to Prince Muhammad Bin Nasser Hospital in Jazan after briefing local authorities, SPA quoted the official spokesperson for the border guards, Commodore Mesfer Al-Quraini, as saying.

The sailor is now in a stable condition and the tanker’s agent was briefed on precautionary measures, officials said.