Ethiopian Airlines continues flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Ethiopian Airlines has said it is keeping its flights to and from China open, in spite of new strain of virus spreing across mainland China and beyond.

airline said on Friday it has put in place a system of precautionary measures that measure temperatures of all passengers arriving.

Ethiopia Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said: "those who have symptom of a high temperature more than 38 degree centigre will be isolated here and tested and quarantined depending on situation."

Ethiopian airlines has t followed banning of its flights to China, unlike or African airlines, as well as or countries across world, as World Health Organisation (WHO) h t yet banned flights to and from China.

Kenya, South Africa and Rwanda have all suspended ir flights to and from China.

"So we are exactly following WHO procedures but WHO has t said or has t banned any travel as you kw. So, we have reason to suspend," said Gebremariam.

Many passengers arriving on a flight to Ethiopian capital were wearing masks.

(Representational im)