Quetta (Web Desk): The government has decided to reopen its border with Iran temporarily to allow pilgrims stuck in the Islamic Republic to return home – but not without “full health screening”.
Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani confirmed the Taftan border crossing has been reopened for one-way traffic. “Some 350 Pakistanis have been allowed to enter the country,” he wrote on his Twitter handle.
“The people travelling from the Iranian cities affected by the viral outbreak would be quarantined for 10 days, while others would be subjected to health screening and allowed to go home if they are asymptomatic,” he added. “No one would be allowed to cross over without full health screening.”
پاک ایران بارڈر پر موجود 350 پاکستانی شہریوں کو پاکستان میں داخلے کی اجازت مل گئی۔
— Liaquat Shahwani (@LiaquatShahwani) February 28, 2020
وہ افراد جو ایران کے کرونا وائرس سے متاثرہ علاقوں سے آئے ہیں۔ انھیں دس روز قرطینہ میں رکھا جائیگا اور دیگر کی صرف اسکریننگ کے بعد کرونا کے علامات نہ ہونے کی صورت میں جانے کی اجازت دیدی جائیگی
The Pakistan-Iran border was sealed at five points in Taftan, Gwadar, Turbat, Panjgur and Washuk on February 24 after the Islamic Republic confirmed an upsurge in coronavirus cases – and deaths from the deadly contagion.
