RIYADH — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ranked 6th among the world safest travel destinations, in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the only one in the Middle East. This came according to an article published on the Wego Travel Blog website, entitled "Safe Places to Travel During Covid-19 Pandemic." According to Wego, the Kingdom ranked sixth among the countries in the world with a classification based on the standards of the European Union countries to coordinate travel restrictions. The classification was based on epidemiological criteria, regarding the ability of countries to contain the pandemic, achieve stability over a long period of time, and the efficiency of the health system, particularly, the clinical capacity for intensive care rooms and efficiency medical staff. Australia ranked first in the global safe destinations for travel during the corona pandemic, followed by New Zealand, Singapore, Zambia, Cuba and Saudi Arabia. Australia topped the results of the tests in terms of positive coronavirus swabs conducted on 1.693 per million people, with 0.0% of 0.5 new cases per million people. While New Zealand ranked second with 1,365 tests per million inhabitants, with 1% of 0.8 million new cases per million inhabitants. Singapore came third with 4,491 tests per million people, 0.0%, out of 1.3 new cases per million people. Zambia ranked fourth with 264 examinations per million people, with 0.7% of new cases per million people. Cuba followed in fifth place with 774 examinations per million inhabitants, with 0.4% of 3.5 new cases per million inhabitants. Saudi Arabia has conducted more than 1.5 million laboratory tests for coronavirus, of which 0.6% are positive samples out of 8.8 new cases per million people. —SPA/Agencies