Corona ... International isolation of China and many countries continue to evacuate their citizens and prevent the entry of Chinese

China today faced increasing international isolation due to the acceleration of the world's restrictions on the travel of its citizens to China for fear of the spread of the new Corona virus, the evacuation of its diplomatic staff and its citizens from the country, and the ban on Chinese entry to many countries. Today, two planes have arrived in Germany and Jordan carrying Arab and European citizens who have been Evacuated from China after the outbreak.

The Russian Interfax and Tass news agencies reported the Kremlin as saying that the Russian army would begin evacuating Russian citizens from the areas most affected by the Coruna virus on Monday and Tuesday, and in Germany a plane at Frankfurt airport landed with German citizens and foreigners after they were evacuated from central China's Wuhan city.

And at dawn on Saturday, a plane belonging to the Jordanian "Royal" Airlines arrived at Queen Alia Airport, with 71 Arab students - 54 Jordanians, 7 Palestinians, and the rest from Tunisia, Oman, Syria and Bahrain - from Wuhan after the spread of the Corona virus.

Many countries of the world have allocated special flights to return their nationals from China, and have decided to isolate them for two weeks, which is the incubation period of the new Corona disease.

The British government said in a statement today that it has decided to withdraw some of its employees from its embassy and consulates in China, adding that "if the situation deteriorates further, the ability of the British embassy and consulates to provide assistance to British citizens from inside China may be limited."

Enter the Chinese
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq authorities said today that the Erbil International Airport prevented the entry of three Chinese people due to fears of the Corona virus, and the airport authorities added in a statement that the three passengers were returned to Dubai from which they took their plane to Erbil, and Basra Airport in southern Iraq said on Friday that it prevented the entry of passengers Coming from China to Iraq, whatever their nationalities.

In Lebanon, the Ministry of Works and Transport announced today the prevention of receiving a Chinese ship arriving in Lebanon pending confirmation of its safety to prevent the spread of the Corona virus.

Today, the Israeli authorities prevented 50 Chinese citizens from entering Tel Aviv in anticipation of the spread of the virus, and the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation clarified that the Chinese, who were prevented from entering Tel Aviv, came on a flight coming from the Russian capital, Moscow.

Panic has increased from the spread of corona around the world after the World Health Organization announced last Thursday a global health emergency, but the organization stressed that there is no need to impose restrictions on trade and travel between the countries of the world and China, but Singapore, the United States and Australia announced strict measures to prevent The entry of foreigners who visited China recently.

Deaths and injuries
The National Health Commission of China said the country had confirmed 2,102 new cases on Friday, bringing the total number of people infected with the virus to 11,791.

About 24 countries announced the discovery of more than 130 confirmed cases of the virus, and the number of deaths rose by 46 to 259 people, all of them in China.

The Chinese newspaper "Hubei Daily" said today, Saturday, that the government of Hubei Province - its capital, Wuhan - extended the Lunar New Year holiday to February 13 as it seeks to limit the spread of the Corona virus that appeared in the city last month, and the quarantine is still in force in Hubei province Chinese, as roads closed and public transportation stopped.

It is believed that the new virus appeared in a market in Wuhan, where wild animals are sold, and spread in light of the Chinese New Year holiday season, during which millions of Chinese travel internally and abroad.

Two other cities
In other parts of China, local authorities imposed growing restrictions on travel, movement and corporate work, and Reuters reported that it recorded a significant increase in cases of deadly virus infection in two cities surrounded by the city of Wuhan - the epicenter of the disease - which raised fears of the emergence of other outbreaks despite restrictions of movement and travel Strict.

It is related to the city of Huanggang, which has a population of about 7.5 million, and the city of Tianjin, with a population of 15 million, which has announced the suspension of school and work until further notice.

The American company Apple announced today that it will close all its official stores and offices in China until the ninth of this month, in the latest decision by a major international company, as it was preceded by Swedish IKEA and Walmart.

Outside of China, the number of HIV infections has exceeded 100 in more than 20 countries, including five in the UAE, and it is the only Arab country to have reported infection.