Previously issued tourist visas to residents of these countries will also be temporarily suspended
GCC citizens who have been in the kingdom for 14 consecutive days and have not shown symptoms of coronavirus are exempt from the ban
All internal and external school activities and trips have been cancelled
Two more coronavirus patients in the UAE have fully recovered, the health ministry confirmed
All those with Umrah visas will also not be permitted to travel to the kingdom
Oil has fallen more than 20 per cent this year
Schools and universities across the country have been suspended for two weeks beginning March 1 on virus fears
Saudi also suspends the use of national identity cards for its citizens and GCC nationals for travel to and from the kingdom
Investors are struggling to gauge whether the virus will turn into a global pandemic
The Gulf nation is well-equipped with quarantine and surveillance facilities to manage the outbreak
The new strain of the coronavirus that reportedly emanated from a food market in China has morphed into an international contagion
The number of coronavirus cases in Kuwait tallies 12, while Oman confirmed four as infected in the sultanate
The first case was of a school bus driver who drove a number of children to three schools on Sunday morning before he showed symptoms of the virus
The two women, who tested positive for the disease, had travelled from Iran
The country has already suspended all flights to and from China, with the exception of Beijing
The total number of coronavirus cases in Kuwait tally five while Bahrain has registered eight cases of the Covid-19 virus
All passengers entering Bahrain will be tested at arrivals
Around 250 people inside a seminary in Qom were believed to have been quarantined on Monday
Bahrain reported a citizen who had arrived from Iran as its first case of the coronavirus infection while Kuwait reported three confirmed cases of the virus
Bullion prices have taken off this year, rising almost 10 per cent, as concerns over the virus deepen
The UAE has so far reported a total of 13 cases of the virus, with three having fully recovered
South Korea reported its first death from the virus on Thursday while in Singapore, more than 80 people have contracted the virus
The GCC Communicable Diseases Committee also held an emergency meeting on January 29 to explore cooperation mechanisms
A 37-year-old Chinese citizen was the latest confirmed case of the new coronavirus infection
The patient, who had lived in Saudi Arabia for the past eight months, was a student at King Abdulaziz University
Health ministry advises the public to source information only from official outlets
Since the outbreak of the virus, the UAE had reported eight cases of which six were of Chinese citizens, while the additional two were of Filipino and Indian nationalities
Saudi suspended travel to China for its citizens and residents last week
Close to 1,200 people were tested to ensure that all who came in contact with the patients had not been infected
The new coronavirus is hurting economic expansion as airlines cancel flights and factories look elsewhere for components they would have bought from China