Turkey suspends Iran and Afghanistan flights due to virus concerns - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jul 20, 2020

In this photograph taken on May 9, 2020, a relative assists a suspected COVID-19 patient (R) brought in an ambulance to the Afghan-Japan Communicable Disease Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. — WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

Turkey suspended flights to and from Iran and Afghanistan yesterday due to coronavirus-related concerns.

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure said the decision constituted “preventative measures,” the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

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