Turkey Suspends Flights to Iran, Afghanistan Due to Coronavi
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:57 amVOA - World News
FILE - A Turkish Airlines plane prepares to take off at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, May 15, 2013.
ISTANBUL - Turkey has suspended flights to Iran and Afghanistan as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak, the Transport Ministry said on Sunday.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million people may have been infected with the coronavirus in Iran, although health officials later sought to play down the estimate.
Turkish Airlines had gradually restarted international flights as of June 11.