Kuwait closes border, suspends flights from today

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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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