CAIRO: United Arab Emirates has urged its citizens abroad to return home due to travel difficulties amid the spread of coronavirus and suspensions of flights from some countries, state news agency WAM said on Monday, citing the ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation.

UAE has recorded 98 cases of the virus.

(Reporting by Samar Hassan and Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Hugh Lawson) ((Samar.Hassan@thomsonreuters.com;))