The Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte has requested an entry ban on Chinese nationals from the Hubei province, where the novel coronavirus originates in, his spokesman said on Friday

The Philippines has detected its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in a Chinese woman who recently traveled to Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, the country's Department of Health said on Thursday, in a statement

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has banned cabinet ministers from traveling to the United States as Manila begins terminating an agreement with Washington that governs US troops stationed in the country

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, spoke on the phone with the ERC delegation currently in Manila, the Philippines, to help rescue people affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano, as per the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces

The death toll from the new coronavirus now stands at 106, with the number of infections almost doubling in a day

About 500 people visiting the city of Kalibo in the Philippines' province of Aklan will return to the Chinese city of Wuhan on Monday amid the coronavirus outbreak in China, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said on Friday

The Philippine aviation authorities on Thursday banned all flights to and from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the origin of an outbreak of a new coronavirus that has already spread to at least four other countries, the Philippine ABS-CBN broadcaster reported, citing the Civil Aeronautics Board

Dubai’s tourism industry closed a successful decade at the end of 2019, welcoming 16.73 million international overnight visitors, an all-time high, and an impressive 5.1 percent increase in tourism volumes, surpassing the global tourism growth forecast by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation by over one percent.