Saudi Covid-19 patient evacuated from Jordan

A Saudi citizen infected with coronavirus has successfully been evacuated from Jordan.

The evacuation on Tuesday June 1, 2021, followed the directives of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense.

It was reported that the airlift of the citizen was done by the air medical evacuation department of the health services at the Ministry of Defense in cooperation with a specialized medical team from the Ministry of Health.

“The man, who is suffering from complications caused by the virus, required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which is also known as extracorporeal life support, during the airlift,” the report says.

The air medical evacuation planes have so far evacuated more than 75 cases infected with the Coronavirus, without the medical and aircrews being infected with the virus.