Saudi Arabia calls on citizens to postpone Lebanon travel amid coronavirus fears

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Saudi Arabia calls on citizens to postpone Lebanon travel amid coronavirus fears
February 29, 2020, 9:24 am

Saudi Arabia calls on citizens to postpone Lebanon travel amid coronavirus fears

People wearing face masks ride on a motorbike outside Rafik Hariri hospital, where Lebanon's first coronavirus case is being quarantined, in Beirut. (AP)

Saudi Arabia called on its citizens and residents to postpone travel to Lebanon over concerns of the spread of coronavirus, the Saudi embassy in Lebanon said on Twitter on Saturday.

Lebanon confirmed its fourth case of the virus on Friday and announced that it was closing all schools until March 8.

source: Reuters

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