Oman has reported its fifth cases of coronavirus on Thursday.
In a statement released by the Ministry of Health, all of the individuals who have been affected with the disease are residents who have returned from Iran.
Earlier this week authorities imposed a ban on all flights to Muscat from Iran.
Pakistan ex-PM Khan medically fit, taken back to prison, minister says
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is medically fit and back in jail after being examined by a team of doctors in a hospital overnight, the country's information minister said on Friday.
Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says
More than 2,500 people have now died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an area larger than France, senior United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis said on Friday.
Strong earthquake strikes central Peru
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit central Peru on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, although authorities reported no immediate casualties or damage.
At least 50 killed as overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria
At least 50 people, mostly children, died after an overloaded boat capsized on Thursday in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state, witnesses said.
Eight killed in charter plane crash near remote site in western Alaska
Eight people died after a charter plane crashed at a remote military radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, the US military's Alaskan Command said.
