With the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia placing a temporary ban on Umrah pilgrims to prevent the arrival and spread of the coronavirus, several South African associations have warned of travel cancellations or changes. The country’s foreign ministry this week announced a temporary suspension of entry for the purpose of Umrah[…]
A person in Washington state in the US has died of the coronavirus, officials announced Saturday – the first death on US soil. The news was first reported by local Washington outlet KOMO. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee confirmed the death in a statement on Saturday, calling it a “sad day.” “Our hearts[…]
The inter-ministerial committee on coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in South Africa will brief the media at the OR Tambo International airport on Sunday morning. The purpose of the briefing is to inform the public on the repatriation and quarantine of citizens from Wuhan in China. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that 132 South Africans in China will be brought[…]
Australia will deny entry to all foreign nationals travelling from Iran due to the escalating outbreak of coronavirus in the Islamic republic, the government said on Saturday. Foreign nationals travelling from Iran to Australia would need to spend 14 days in another country from March 1, Health Minister Greg Hunt said. “There[…]
Saudi Arabia temporarily halted religious visits that include stops in Mecca and Medina, which draw millions of people a year as the Islamic world’s holiest cities, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus into the country. Tourism visa-holders from countries with reported coronavirus infections will also be denied entry, the[…]
The coronavirus is spreading more quickly in Europe, the Middle East, and other parts of the world than in China where the virus first emerged in the central city of Wuhan at the end of last year. The number of new coronavirus infections inside China was for the first time[…]
South Korea aims to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge in coronavirus cases, as countries stepped up efforts to stop a pandemic of the virus that emerged in China and is now spreading in Europe and the Middle East. More than 80,000[…]
The deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) – which to date has left more than 2 700 people dead in more than 80 000 reported cases – has not reached South Africa. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, on Tuesday said it remained on[…]
Elderly people die in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the holy city of Qom, officials say.Tehran, Iran – Two elderly people have died in Iran after testing positive for the new coronavirus, according to health officials. The deaths on Wednesday were the outbreak’s first fatalities in the Middle[…]
Hundreds of people began disembarking a quarantined cruise ship off Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from the new coronavirus in mainland China passed 2,000 and the number of new cases in the country fell for a second straight day. Around 500 passengers were due to disembark the virus-hit[…]
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