13 Nov 2024
Monday 24 February 2020 - 14:40
Story Code : 370948

Armenia seals Iran border after coronavirus reports

Reuters - Armenia is closing its border with Iran for two weeks and suspending air traffic after reports of coronavirus cases there, Armenias Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a Facebook post on Sunday.

Iran said it had confirmed 43 cases and eight deaths, with most of the infections in the Shia Muslim holy city of Qom.

Reporting by Nvard Hovhannisyan; Writing by Andrey Kuzmin; Editing by Giles Elgood
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