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Kuwait bans flights to 31 'high risk' countries due to coronavirus

Saudi Press Agency

Saturday 1441/12/11 - 2020/08/01

Dubai, Aug 1, 2020, SPA -- Kuwait has banned until further notice commercial flights to 31 countries it said that it regarded as high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Saturday, according to Reuters.

The ban was announced the same day Kuwait began a partial resumption of commercial flights. The authorities have said Kuwait International Airport would run at about 30% capacity from Saturday, gradually increasing in coming months.

--SPA
16:35 LOCAL TIME 13:35 GMT
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