Turkey suspends Iran and Afghanistan flights due to virus concerns

Turkey resumed international passenger flights last month. Both Iran and Afghanistan are experiencing hardship containing the coronavirus.
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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
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Al-Monitor Staff

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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