Flights to and from Baghdad airport suspended over coronavirus fears
2020-03-16 00:00:00 - Source: Iraq News
Iraqi Airways’ boeing 737-81Z. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
BAGHDAD,— Iraq has suspended all flights to and from Baghdad airport as of March 17 until March 24, the government said in a statement on Sunday, in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The government imposed a curfew in the capital Baghdad over the same period earlier on Sunday. At least 124 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed so far in Iraq, and 10 people have died.
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