Oman advises against travel to China due to coronavirus outbreak

The epidemic has revived memories of the SARS outbreak that originated in China and killed nearly 800. (File/AFP)
Updated 31 January 2020
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Oman advises against travel to China due to coronavirus outbreak

  • Oman's health ministry said in a tweet it advises people not to travel to China unless it is necessary. (File/AFP)

DUBAI: Oman's health ministry on Friday advised against travel to China because of the coronavirus outbreak.

"It is advisable not to travel to China unless it is absolutely necessary," the ministry said in a Twitter posting.


Israel aims to bring ‘permanent demographic change’ to West Bank, Gaza: UN

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Israel aims to bring ‘permanent demographic change’ to West Bank, Gaza: UN

GENEVA: Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip seem aimed at creating “permanent demographic change,” UN rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday.
“Taken together, Israel’s actions appear aimed at making a permanent demographic change in Gaza and the West Bank, raising concerns about ethnic cleansing,” Turk said in a speech before the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Turk pointed in particular to an ongoing, year-long Israeli military operation in the West Bank’s north that has caused the displacement of 32,000 Palestinians.