China’s Wuhan Tianhe Airport in China closed due to Coronavirus outbreak

The Wuhan Tianhe Airport in China has been shut down by the government of the country to stop all inbound and outbound transport in the city of Hubei province. The call has been taken after the breakout of the dangerous Coronavirus, which has spread across China.
The airport handled about 25 million passengers in 2018, thus becoming the busiest airport in central China. The airport not only sees various domestic and continental flights, but also serves intercontinental flights to and from New York JFK, San Francisco, Paris, Sydney, London, Rome, Istanbul and Moscow. China has also extended its transport ban to 13 cities to check virus transmission. However, this move has apparently affected millions of people living in China.


According to the news reports, passengers who have entered the United States of America from Wuhan a few days back are being examined for symptoms of the virus. In fact, the US Center for Disease Control identified the first case of the Coronavirus infection in the United States on Tuesday.
The Indian government has also issued a travel advisory to its citizens to avoid visiting China and Hong Kong. About seven Indian airports have been asked to screen passengers coming from China using self-declaration forms and other methods to identify symptoms of Coronavirus.