Russia shuts borders to Iran residents over virus fears

The measures which start at midnight (2100 GMT Friday) aim at "stopping the spread of the new coronavirus infection on Russian territory" and protect public health, it said.

The new rules exclude people with permanent residency in Russia, nationals of countries in the Moscow-led Eurasian economic union, which includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as members of official delegations and plane crews, it said.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2020

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