In wake of the rapidly-spreading Wuhan coronavirus, with confirmed cases nearing a shocking figure of 12,000 – a number of countries such as Australia and the US have temporarily suspended entry to noncitizens who have recently travelled to China.

This new instalment has led Dubai residents to take a stand on social media and have called upon Emirates airlines to ban all its flights to and from China until the spread of the virus is brought under control. Emirates is known for always putting its customers first, thus are taking the necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of its crew as well as passengers.

Other than Emirates being put under the microscope, netizens from around the world are urging various airlines to suspend all flights to and fro China in hopes that it will limit the spread of coronavirus to their countries.

Also, other than sparking travel bans, the new virus is also igniting outbreaks of tragic anti-Chinese xenophobia around the world.

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide in China has totalled up to 11,791 with a death toll of 259

A man tweeted under a post by the Emirates Airlines, asking the airlines to suspend all flights to China as it endangers the lives of cabin crews and the lives of the people residing in the UAE.

Pls can u stop flying in and out of China. My wife is Cabin Crew and u are risking her life aswell as everyone's in the UAE

— ChrisyD1991 (@DeFreitas07) January 31, 2020

Tweeps are pressurizing the airlines to suspend their flights to the epicentre of the viral coronavirus outbreak

Seriously, @emirates @EmiratesSupport why ARE you still flying to China? With Dubai being a global travel hub, you should be the first to minimize risk here… 🧐 https://t.co/nZxmYhIr8j

— Nicola Ellegaard 𓅃 (@banafsaji) January 31, 2020

Some tweeps have shown a more aggressive approach and have criticised the airlines with a shocking accusation

https://twitter.com/LondonJpk/status/1223404387999141888

Turkish Airlines have released a statement announcing that ‘all flights to the Republic of China between the dates Feb 1-Feb 9 have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak’

Under their post, social media users have similarly urged other flights as well to take a step and put place a temp travel ban to China

Stop flights to and from China before it is too late! #stopflightsfromchina

— mert (@mustangmert) January 30, 2020

British Airways has also suspended all flights to China (until March 2020) amidst the coronavirus outbreak

Kenya's Ambassador to China Sarah Serem urges KQ to suspend flights to China until Coronavirus outbreak is contained. Meanwhile, British Airways has suspended all flights to mainland China until March 2020 over the outbreak. pic.twitter.com/13TkAlljRz

— Hussein Mohamed, MBS. (@HusseinMohamedg) January 29, 2020

Although, the World Health Organization (WHO) does NOT recommend limiting trade, movement or imposing travel bans

WHO declared that travel bans can do more harm than good by restricting info-sharing, transport of medical supplies and can also severely harm economies.