The UAE News report: The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Saturday reported 2,080 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,793 recoveries and 2 deaths.

Kuwait announced early Saturday that it would suspend all direct commercial flights coming from India, effective April 24 and until further notice.

New Zealand on Friday paused its newly opened travel bubble with Australia, the government in Wellington said, after a Covid-19 outbreak in its larger neighbour.

The decision came after Western Australia announced that the regions of Perth and Peel were entering a three-day lockdown, starting midnight Friday to Saturday, due to a traveler testing positive for the coronavirus.

President Vladimir Putin on Friday backed a proposal by the head of Russia’s health watchdog to introduce a non-working period in early May to prevent a surge in coronavirus infections.The non-working stint over May 1-11 is part of an effort to limit the time Russians spend on public transport and their exposure to the virus.