Coronavirus: Bahrain cancels all flights to Dubai and Sharjah for 48 hours – The National

Coronavirus: Bahrain cancels all flights to Dubai and Sharjah for 48 hours – The National

Coronavirus: Bahrain cancels all flights to Dubai and Sharjah for 48 hours. Latest: Live updates as UAE halts all flights from Iran. Bahrain's civil aviation authority suspended all flights arriving from Dubai and Sharjah for 48 hours early on Tuesday.. One Bahraini citizen, a woman, showed symptoms after arriving on a flight from Iran and was transferred to the Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo Medical Centre for immediate testing, treatment and isolation, the country's Ministry of Health said.. Ministry of Health has registered 6 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), after 2 Bahraini citizens and 4 Saudi citizens arrived at Bahrain International Airport from Iran via Dubai tested positive, confirming a total of 8 registered cases in the Kingdom #bahrain #البحرين. A second patient, a school bus driver, arrived from Iran, via Dubai, on February 21.. In a tweet, ministry officials said the passengers arrived from Iran via Dubai, "confirming a total of 8 registered cases in the kingdom".. "The ministry underlined the [two] schools and kindergarten will be closed for two weeks, in co-operation with the Ministry of Education, as a precautionary measure," the news agency said.. The flight ban affects at least 15 flights a day to Bahrain