Iran health minister urges government to ban entry of travelers from China

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Publish Date: 15:28 - 31 January 2020
Tehran 31 january_Iran's Minister of Health Saeed Namaki has demanded that the government prevent the entry of passengers from China amid the threat of coronavirus epidemic.

Iran health minister urges government to ban entry of travelers from ChinaTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_Namaki made the plea in a Persian tweet on Friday, saying he had asked Iran's First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri in a letter "to inform the Iranian Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Roads about a halt to be put on the entry of all travelers from China (by land, sea and air) until further notice.”

“All health bases at the country’s ports have been on high alert since the outbreak of Corona,” Namaki said. 

The minister said more than 70 Iranian students residing in Wuhan, China will return home in the coming days.

They "will be attended to in a suitable place under full surveillance and care" for two weeks after arriving in Iran, he added. 

Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Thursday Iran's diplomatic officials were making all-out efforts to get Iranians out of Wuhan, which is the epicenter of an ongoing epidemic of coronavirus.

“A round-the-clock effort is underway to manage various aspects of this issue and to help fellow countrymen who live in contaminated areas in China,” Mousavi told reporters on Thursday.

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