KOTA KINABALU, Jan 26 — All flights from Sabah to Wuhan, China has been suspended in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew said each week 14 flights were scheduled to Wuhan and the flights would resume operations once the coronavirus outbreak was contained

"Only flights to Wuhan have been suspended and flights to other regions in China are still operating,” she told reporters after attending the state-level Chinese New Year Open House, here today.

Also present were Yang Dipertua Negeri Sabah Tun Juhar Mahiruddin with his wife Toh Puan Norlidah RM Jasni and Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal along with his wife Datin Seri Shuryani Shuaib.

Christina said a number of other initiatives were being taken such as she would be leading a delegation to countries in Europe and Australia to promote and market Sabah as a tourism destination.

Meanwhile, Mohd Shafie said the Sabah government was taking several preventive measures to avoid the spread of coronavirus, particularly conducting health checks on individuals arriving at Kota Kinabalu International Airport.

Asked to comment on some hotels in Sabah that have issued a ban on their employees wearing masks, Mohd Shafie said the matter would be looked into. — Bernama