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Saudi Arabia on Monday expanded the travel ban to include five new countries over fears of the novel coronavirus, according to Saudi Press Agency.
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On Sunday, Riyadh temporarily banned citizens and foreigners living in Saudi Arabia from traveling to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, South Korea, Egypt, Italy and Iraq.
Arrivals from the 14 countries and those who have been there in the last 14 days have been temporarily barred from entering the country, while Saudi Arabia has also stopped flights and ships from these countries.
The global death toll from the virus, known as COVID-19, is around 3,800, with some 110,000 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
After declaring the outbreak an international health emergency in January, the WHO last month updated the global risk level to very high.
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
