Oil crash piles pressure on virus-hit Saudi economy
Anuj Chopra, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 01:53 PM
Huge losses are expected after the Arab world's biggest economy shut down cinemas, malls and restaurants, halted flights, suspended the year-round umrah pilgrimage and locked down eastern Qatif region -- home to around 500,000 -- in a bid to contain the deadly virus.
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