Iran to close borders with Iraq over COVID-19 resurgence in bordering province

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TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said Saturday that the borders between Iran and Iraq will be closed over the resurgence of COVID-19 in the Iranian southwestern province of Khuzestan.

"To control the coronavirus outbreak in Khuzestan province, Iran's borders with Iraq will be closed and commuting to the province is not allowed," Rahmani Fazli was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency.

Also on Saturday, Iran's Health Ministry reported 7,922 daily COVID-19 cases, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,566,081.

The pandemic has so far claimed 59,409 lives in Iran, up by 68 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, during her daily briefing.

Of the newly infected, 472 were hospitalized, said Lari. A total of 1,337,877 people have recovered from the disease and been discharged from hospitals, while 3,677 remain in intensive care units, she added.

According to the spokeswoman, 10,387,561 tests for the virus have been carried out in Iran as of Saturday.

Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19, 2020. Enditem

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