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Pakistan closes border with Iran over coronavirus fears
AFP
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Representative image: iStock image
Representative image: iStock image

Pakistan on Sunday announced it was closing its border with neighbouring Iran, after Tehran announced eight deaths from the novel coronavirus.

"We have closed our border with Iran because of the reports of coronavirus there," said Ayesha Zehri, a senior government official in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan's province, which borders Iran.

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(Published 23 February 2020, 19:50 IST)