Iran to Bar Travellers From India Over COVID-19 Variant, Officials Say

Iran to Bar Travellers From India Over COVID-19 Variant, Officials Say
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani looks on as he attends a press conference in Bern, on July 3, 2018. Ruben Sprich/AFP via Getty Images
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Iran said on Saturday that it would bar travelers from India over a COVID-19 variant to avert its spread in the already stricken country.

Officials, however, did not say if any cases of the variant first identified in India in late March had been detected in Iran, the epicenter of the pandemic in the Middle East.