AL JAZEERA
The UAE, home to the world’s busiest international airport is suspending all passenger and transit flights for two weeks.
The country’s emergency and crisis management body and its Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement the decision to stop all commercial flights will take effect in 48 hours.Dubai’s famous shopping malls will also close “for a renewable period of two weeks”. The decision to close commercial centres includes fresh food markets, but pharmacies and food retail outlets will stay open. Restaurants are limited to home deliveries.
