DUBAI (Reuters) - Major concerts and sporting events in Gulf Arab states have been cancelled or postponed, and Saudi Arabia stepped up health screening measures as the coronavirus spreads in the region.
There have been at least 2,476 cases of the virus in the Gulf region, mostly in Iran where 77 people have died. Cases have also been reported in other Middle East nations.
Ultra organisers cited travel restrictions imposed by some countries and airlines due to the rapidly-spreading virus in its reasoning for cancelling the two day festival. Dubai's flagship international art fair"Art Dubai", scheduled for this month, has been postponed. A women's forum in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi was postponed while a yoga festival in Abu Dhabi and a Hindu Holi festival in Dubai were cancelled.
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