Iran’s Neighbours Impose Travel Bans As Coronavirus Toll Rises
February 23, 2020
Iran’s confirmed death toll from the new coronavirus rose to eight on Sunday, the highest outside China, sending neighbouring countries scrambling to contain the outbreak.
Turkey said it would “temporarily” shut its border with Iran, while Pakistan also said it was closing its frontier with the Islamic republic and Afghanistan banned all ground and air travel between the two nations.
The moves come amid growing regional concerns about the spread of the virus.