Pakistan Shuts Borders Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Photo Credit: Pakistan has shuttered its land borders in an attempt to halt the spread of coronavirus. Unsplash / Rizwan Saeed
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Pakistan — a budding tourism destination — has closed its land borders and limited international flights in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus. Pakistan borders both China and Iran, countries that have been hit hard by the virus.
Pakistan shut all its schools and land borders on Friday and decided to limit international flights and discourage large gatherings to try to halt the spread of the coronavirus, ministers said.
The measures were announced after a meeting of the national security council chaired by Prime Mini
