There have been 106 new cases in the past 24 hours with Iranian authorities calling on people to avoid unnecessary travel inside the country
Pakistani children on February 27 2020 as Pakistan authorities scramble to screen hundreds of people recently arrived from Iran, which has emerged as a major hot-spot for the coronavirus. Picture: AFP/BANARAS KHAN
The outbreak prompted authorities to call off the Friday prayer in Tehran, state TV later reported, while state news agency IRNA said Iran has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country. Jahanpur said there are plans to impose some restrictions at holy Shi’ite Muslim sites and cancel some sermons on Friday, the Islamic Republic’s traditional day of public prayer.
Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign ministry said “some 20,000 coronavirus test kits and some other material” will be delivered to Iran on Friday from China.
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