An-Najah News - Syrian run TV reported that Syria has banned travel between different cities as part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Syria has recorded five cases of MERS-CoV so far, but aid agencies are concerned that any outbreak could be very serious after years of conflict that has weakened its health care system.

The travel restriction, effective from Sunday, comes on top of a curfew announced this week from 6 pm to 6 am and after the country has halted flights and ordered the closure of most businesses, according ti Syrian media.

Humanitarian agencies have expressed deep concern over the prospect of coronavirus spreading in Syria’s northwest, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced by war live in tightly packed camps and have severely limited access to healthcare.