Egypt to halt flights Thursday in bid to contain coronavirus spread

Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - A municipal policeman orders people to evacuate the corniche, or waterfront promenade, along the Mediterranean Sea, as the country's top security council and the government were meeting over the spread of coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo

A bus driver wearing a mask as a means of protection against the cononavirus Covid-19, speaks to passengers in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli. AFP

A medical staff member in protective gear prepares to check the temperature of a cleric man amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, at Najaf airport in the holy city of Najaf upon his arrival from Iran, Iraq. REUTERS

A picture shows extra beds set up in tents in the yard of a Red Crescent Society building hosting a hospital opened by the governor of Hebron and equipped with modern appliances, to receive patients affected by the coronavirus Covid-19 in the village of Halhul, near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. AFP

A Palestinian student follows through his mobile telephone from his home, a lesson broadcast by a teacher from an educational radio station, during his isolation period in a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, in Gaza City. AFP

A pedestrian wears a protective face mask while walking in central Tehran, Iran. Bloomberg

A municipal policeman, left, orders fishermen to leave the corniche, or waterfront promenade, along the Mediterranean Sea, as the country's top security council and the government were meeting over the spread of coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo

Turkish citizens wearing protective face masks sit in a bus as they are repatriated from the "umrah" pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, prior to being placed in quarantine as part of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus in Ankara. AFP

Buses carry Turkish citizens who returned from Saudi Arabia for Umrah pilgrimage, to place in dormitories to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, as part of quarantine measures, in Ankara, Turkey. EPA

A Palestinian teacer broadcasts a lessen from an educational radio station, in order for students to follow through their mobile telephones at home, during their isolation period in a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, in Gaza City. AFP

A medical staff member in protective gear checks the temperature of a girl amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, at Najaf airport in the holy city of Najaf upon his arrival from Iran, Iraq. REUTERS

A woman wearing a mask as a means of protection against the cononavirus Covid-19, gazes out of a car window in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli. AFP

A worker arranges goods on an empty shelve in a mall amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, in Amman Jordan. REUTERS

A cashier wearing a face mask amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread works at a mall in Amman, Jordan.REUTERS

Egyptian Coptic priest Sawirs Marcos Saiwirs reads government instructions on preventing the spread of coronavirus during Sunday mass at Archangel Michael Church in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS

Pedestrians walk in front of a closed sidewalk cafe in the centre of the Tunisian capital Tunis after the government's decision to shut down bars, cafes and restaurants in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19. AFP

Shops remain closed in the centre of the Tunisian capital Tunis after the government's decision to shut down bars, cafes and restaurants in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19. AFP

A man with a motorcycle helmet covers his face with a mask, as he watches municipal policemen order people to leave the corniche, or waterfront promenade, along the Mediterranean Sea, as the country's top security council and the government were meeting over the spread of coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo