Kuwait suspends flights to and from seven countries over coronavirus outbreak fears
Red Cross personnel prepare for the transport of a coronavirus patient during a simulation, in Rome, Italy on March 6, 2020.
"We are continuing to recommend that all countries make containment their highest priority," he added. "In a globalised world, the only option is to stand together."Kuwait suspended on Saturday all flights to and from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, Philippines, India, and Sri-Lanka for a week starting on Saturday, Kuwait's civil aviation directorate said in a tweet.
Princess Cruises said 45 of the more than 3,500 people on board were tested in the first round. A military helicopter crew lowered test kits onto the 951-foot Grand Princess by rope Thursday and later retrieved them for analysis as the vessel waited off San Francisco, under orders to keep its distance from shore.
Dr Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's emergencies programme, said when asked about Iran's mushrooming outbreak that it resembled China and South Korea which quickly uncovered more cases as they began to do active disease surveillance.We are seeing a much more all-of-government approach ... with a national action plan now, with 100,000 workers committed to this plan," Ryan said.
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