RwandAir has announced it is suspending flights to Guangzhou following the declaration of coronavirus outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The airline said that affected passengers will be re-routed, refunded or allowed to change their tickets to a later date.
This follows several other airline companies having suspend flight to different Chinese cities following the outbreak of coronavirus.
The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority also said it was is in the process of notifying other airlines entering Rwanda that any passengers on board their aircraft, who have travelled from China, will upon arrival be screened for potential exposure to novel coronavirus, and may be quarantined for two weeks for observation and case management.
