Turkey and Pakistan close borders with Iran over coronavirus deaths
Ankara also suspends incoming flights as Iranian authorities try to contain outbreak in country
Patrick Wintour in Tehran
Mon 24 Feb 2020 02.07 AEDT Last modified on Mon 24 Feb 2020 05.28 AEDT
A police officer and pedestrians wear masks in central Tehran on Sunday. Iran’s health ministry has raised the death toll from coronavirus to eight people. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
Turkey and Pakistan have both closed their borders with Iran, with Turkey also halting incoming flights, in an effort to stop the potential spread of coronavirus after Iran reported 43 cases of the disease.
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