In 1980 a second branch opened in Dammam, but it failed to attract customers since very few expats lived in the area.

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The patient -- a 30-year-old man who lived in the country's Eastern Province -- was admitted to a hospital in the city of Dammam on Wednesday with a high fever, cough and shortness of breath.

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