ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s health minister said the border with Iran would be closed from Sunday due to the number of coronavirus cases in its eastern neighbour. Fahrettin Koca said flights from Iran would also cease from 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT). Iran’s health ministry on Sunday has raised the death toll from the new coronavirus to eight, with 43 confirmed cases. On Friday, Turkey introduced health checks on people arriving from Iran. “However, the appearance of the disease in our neighbour Iran, the increase in cases and deaths, has alarmed us.”Travel from Turkey to Iran would continue, he added.

Source: thestar February 23, 2020 14:48 UTC