Kuwait will suspend all commercial flights and close it's land and sea borders from 11 pm on Monday until January 1st, the government communications office said in a Twitter post.
Earlier, Oman announced the closure of land, air and sea borders from tomorrow, December 22 to prevent the spread of the new strain of COVID-19.
The news follows this morning's declaration by Saudi Arabia of a similar one week's border closure.
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Yemen's Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday two ballistic missiles launched by Houthis toward Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait have been intercepted and destroyed, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
India detains ‘cockroach’ movement leaders at Delhi protest site
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Greta Thunberg joins French teens on new day of school protests
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay urges US to defend human rights
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