Bahrain suspends flights from Dubai, Sharjah for 48 hours over coronavirus

MANAMA, Feb 25 (MENA) - Bahrain has suspended all its flights from Dubai airport and Sharjah airport on Tuesday for 48 hours over coronavirus concerns, Bahrain News Agency(BNA) reported.

Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) stated on Twitter that it is cooperating with authorities to take necessary measures in light of Covid-19.

All passengers at the arrivals will be tested and if found to be suffering from any symptoms of the condition will be immediately transferred to isolation for treatment.

Gulf Air also issued a travel alert stating: "Flights to and from Dubai International Airport temporarily suspended for 48 hours by Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs.

The coronavirus pandemic took a turn for the worse on Monday, especially in the Middle East, after Iranian state media reported that 50 people had died of the disease in the city of Qom alone.

This makes Iran the biggest victims of the disease outside China. An Iranian lawmaker also confirmed this figure, though the ministry insisted that only 12 had died. Oman has stopped flights to Iran.

On Monday, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Iraq reported their first cases of the coronavirus as Gulf countries moved to stop an outbreak in Iran from spreading.

The Kuwaiti infections were linked to people returning from Mashhad, a pilgrim city in Iran, while two Omani women diagnosed with the disease had also visited Iran.(M