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Pakistan Reopens Border Crossing With Iran Despite Coronavirus Fears – Reports

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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - Pakistan reopened the border crossing with Iran in the western town of Taftan on Saturday, media reported. 07.03.2020, Sputnik International

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Pakistan Reopens Border Crossing With Iran Despite Coronavirus Fears – Reports

15:18 GMT 07.03.2020 (Updated: 18:00 GMT 08.12.2022)

© AFP 2023 / BANARAS KHANPakistani soldiers wearing facemasks stand guard at the closed Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan on February 25, 2020 as fears over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus escalate following an outbreak in neighbouring Iran. - The Iranian outbreak where at least 15 people have already died -- the highest death toll in any country outside of China -- has aggravated already frayed nerves in neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pakistani soldiers wearing facemasks stand guard at the closed Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan on February 25, 2020 as fears over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus escalate following an outbreak in neighbouring Iran. - The Iranian outbreak where at least 15 people have already died -- the highest death toll in any country outside of China -- has aggravated already frayed nerves in neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan. - Sputnik International

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - Pakistan reopened the border crossing with Iran in the western town of Taftan on Saturday, media reported.

Trucks were allowed to cross the border after a 14-day quarantine imposed over fears of coronavirus spillover from Iran, the Geo News channel said.

Hundreds of trucks loaded with liquefied petroleum were stranded in Pakistan after it closed the border last month, following first reports of infection with the COVID-19 viral disease in Iran.

The number of confirmed cases in Iran has spiked by over 1,000 to 5,823 since Friday. A health ministry spokesman said 21 more people died from the disease in the past day, bringing the death toll to 145.