TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s confirmed death toll from the new coronavirus rises to eight today, the highest outside China, sending neighboring countries scrambling to contain the outbreak.
Turkey says it will “temporarily” shut its border with Iran, while Pakistan also says it is closing its frontier with the Islamic Republic and Afghanistan bans all ground and air travel between the two nations.
The moves come amid growing regional concerns about the spread of the virus.
Jordan says today it will bar entry to citizens of China, Iran and South Korea and other foreigners traveling from those countries.
Jordan’s minister of state for media affairs, Amjad Adayleh, says the decision was part of “preemptive measures… following the rise in cases of coronavirus” in the three countries.
He says the ban would be “temporary” and imposed on all non-Jordanians.
The Kuwait Port Authority meanwhile announces a ban on the entry of all ships from the Islamic Republic.
— AFP
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