Turkey closes Iran border as virus precaution

Turkey temporarily closed its land border with Iran on Sunday over fears virus outbreak could reach country.

country's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said flights from Iran would t be allowed to travel to Turkey from 8pm local time (1700GMT).

Ro and rail crossings between two nations were shut three hours earlier, according to Koca.

Iran has recorded at least eight deaths relating to COVID-19 as well as 43 confirmed cases.

Turkey is yet to record a case of coronavirus discovered in China in late 2019.