<p>Pakistan on Friday halted flights to and from China with immediate effect, a civil aviation official said, as the death toll from a virus outbreak spreading in China mounted and the World Health Organization called it a global health emergency.</p>.<p>"We are suspending flights to China until Feb 2," additional secretary of aviation Abdul Sattar Khokhar told Reuters by phone, adding the situation would be reviewed after that date.</p>.<p>He declined to comment on the reason for the closure.</p>.<p>Some airlines including British Airways, have suspended flights to China due to warnings of the coronavirus outbreak.</p>
<p>Pakistan on Friday halted flights to and from China with immediate effect, a civil aviation official said, as the death toll from a virus outbreak spreading in China mounted and the World Health Organization called it a global health emergency.</p>.<p>"We are suspending flights to China until Feb 2," additional secretary of aviation Abdul Sattar Khokhar told Reuters by phone, adding the situation would be reviewed after that date.</p>.<p>He declined to comment on the reason for the closure.</p>.<p>Some airlines including British Airways, have suspended flights to China due to warnings of the coronavirus outbreak.</p>