Photos: Life in Gulf and Middle East in the time of coronavirus - Gulf News

Photos: Life in Gulf and Middle East in the time of coronavirus - Gulf News

People queue in front of a bakery in Kuwait City. Kuwait will suspend all commercial flights leaving from and arriving at Kuwait City International Airport "from Friday until further notice" to forestall the spread of coronavirus, state media reported Image Credit: AFP

An expatriate, takes a coronavirus clearance certificate from a doctor, following the outbreak of the virus, at a health clinic in Subhan Image Credit: Reuters

An expatriate nurse (L), takes a coronavirus clearance certificate from a doctor, after returning from a vacation, following the outbreak of the virus, at a health clinic in Subhan Image Credit: Reuters

Expatriates are seen in line as they need to take a coronavirus clearance certificate, after returning from vacations, following the outbreak of the virus, at a health clinic in Subhan Image Credit: Reuters

People wearing protective masks, following the coronavirus outbreak, walk at a supermarket in Salmiya, after Kuwait's government announced mandatory work leave for all people in Kuwait Image Credit: Reuters

A Saudi fish seller takes a fish at a market after Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on the Tarout Island following the spread of coronavirus, in Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia Image Credit: Reuters

A cafe shop is closed, after Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on the province of Qatif, following the spread of coronavirus, in Qatif Image Credit: Reuters

A boy wears a protective face mask, as he rides a bicycle, after Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on the province of Qatif, following the spread of coronavirus Image Credit: Reuters

A gas station worker wearing a protective face mask sits next to a petrol station in Saudi Arabia. Image Credit: Reuters

Lebanon said on Wednesday it will halt all travel to and from Italy, South Korea, China, and Iran to curb coronavirus and gave nationals four days to return from other virus-hit countries before a more sweeping shutdown of flights would take effect. Prime Minister Hassan Diab told a news conference that Lebanon was stepping up measures to curb the outbreak after a second death was recorded on Wednesday and the country's total confirmed cases reached 68 according to Lebanese media. Image Credit: AP

, anti-government protesters hold up banners in Arabic that read, "You are the coronavirus, you are the epidemic," and "Humiliation, bankruptcy, looting, starving and killing the rest of us," in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Health, in Beirut, Lebanon Image Credit: AP

Customers wear protective face masks, following the outbreak of coronavirus, as they shop inside a supermarket in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district Image Credit: Reuters

People pass in front the emergency entrance of the government-run Rafik Hariri Hospital, where most of the Lebanese coronavirus cases are treated, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Health Ministry officials say there are more than 60 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Lebanon and two deaths. The vast majority of people recover from this virus. Image Credit: AP

Passengers wear protective masks on an Egyptair flight from Luxor to Cairo, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Egypt Image Credit: Reuters

A woman wearing a protective health mask has her body temperature measured at on a touristic river boat in Egypt's southern city of Luxor on March 8, 2020, amidst efforts to detect possible COVID-19 coronavirus cases. Egypt's health ministry said the 45 detected cases would be quarantined even though 11 of them had tested negative in follow-up tests. The "A Sara" docked in Luxor days after authorities were alerted that a foreign tourist who had previously disembarked had contracted the virus and infected others onboard. Image Credit: AFP

An Iraqi woman poses with sterilizer and disinfection kits that people can use as gifts, amid fear for coronavirus, at her flower shop in Baghdad, Image Credit: Reuters

Iraqi women wear protective face masks, following an outbreak of coronavirus, as they read books at Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad Image Credit: Reuters

2020-03-12 17:15:48Z
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