The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that schools and higher educational institutions will be closed for four weeks starting on Sunday to avoid the spreading of coronavirus. The statement from the education ministry, posted by the state news agency (WAM), added that the spring holidays, which were due to start March 29 to April 12, will now start on Sunday. The UAE reported six new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. They are two Russians, two Italians, one German and one Colombian. The patients were connected to the two previously announced cases associated with the cycling event, the UAE Tour, said WAM. "The total number of coronavirus cases has reached 27," the Health Ministry said, adding that five of the total number of cases were previously reported to have fully recovered. Kuwait’s civil aviation authority said on Tuesday passengers from 10 countries including India, Turkey and Egypt must produce certificates saying they are coronavirus free. Moreover, Port Authority manager Sheikh Yousef Abdullah al-Nasser al-Sabah said that Doha port was closed to avoid interacting with ship crews coming from Iran. He added that “the security of Kuwait and the safety of its people is a red line”, and the closure is because Iran is classified as an infested country. There are now over 2,540 cases of the new virus across the Middle East, with 2,336 in Iran alone. Of those outside Iran in the region, most link back to the country. Qatars Health Ministry said on Tuesday it had recorded a new case of coronavirus, a Qatari national who was among a group evacuated from Iran on Feb. 27. This brings the number of infections in Qatar to eight.