Kuwait is banning flights arriving from the United Kingdom amid reports of a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain in Britain.
On instructions from health authorities, “commercial flights from the United Kingdom are added to the ban list of countries … prohibited to enter the State of Kuwait" the Kuwaiti civil aviation authority said in English on Twitter on Sunday, without giving a duration for the ban.
Now that all the U.S. carriers have done the right thing, time to ban all Chinese airlines from flying to the U.S. https://t.co/GZmdcYfs0v
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) January 31, 2020
The move came as several European countries announced a suspension of flights from the UK amid news of the strain.
.#Coronavirus: Kuwait has banned all flights to and from Italy, South Korea and Thailand amid #COVID19 outbreaks. The list of countries banning SK is growing#武汉肺炎 https://t.co/NVT1E9dNh9
— Jack Soh (@JackKSoh) February 25, 2020
The World Health Organization also asked European countries to redouble their health measures amid the new fast-spreading strain.
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