ArmInfo.Due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus, Armenia closes the border with Iran.
As Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on his Facebook page, the decision was made on the basis of Article 16 of the State Border Law, and which concerns the temporary suspension of communication across the state border during the spread of acute diseases, in connection with which the executive body will take an absentee decision about a two-week termination of communication with Iran.
, the Prime Minister of Armenia noted, while assuring that there is no reason to panic. The border with Iran has already been closed by Turkey, Pakistan, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.
It should be noted that 23290 people were cured of coronavirus in the world, the number of infected increased to 78,817. 2462 people died as a result of coronavirus infection, including 5 deaths recorded in Iran.