Three more Kuwaitis infected with coronavirus

Kuwait reports three new cases of coronavirus, raising total to eight, suspends all its flights to and from South Korea, Thailand, Italy, Iraq.

 

 

DUBAI - Kuwait said on Tuesday three more nationals had been infected with the coronavirus, all of them people who had returned from Iran, state news agency KUNA reported.

The three new cases - who were in a stable condition and under quarantine - brought the total number of in Kuwait to eight, KUNA said.

Kuwait's civil aviation authority announced on Monday it had suspended all its flights to and from South Korea, Thailand, and Italy after reports of an outbreak of coronavirus in the countries.

Earlier, Kuwait had suspended all its flights to and from Iraq over fears about the coronavirus.