Pakistan has temporarily closed Afghan border for preventing the spread of coronavirus on both sides of the border.
Official said that Chaman crossing in Baluchistan province was being shut for an initial period of seven days in the best interest of the people of brotherly countries.
Pakistan has confirmed a total of four cases, including two in the national capital, Islamabad. The ministry of public health in Afghanistan says one person has tested positive and that authorities are investigating 17 suspected cases. Those individuals are being kept in isolation wards.
Both countries have linked the confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 outbreak in neighboring Iran, where the Coronavirus has killed 66 people among more than 1,500 confirmed infections there.
Pakistani authorities suspended all flights from Iran and closed the land border last week. Pakistan has also closed air links and delayed opening of the only land crossing with China.
The Afghan government has closed all schools and banned public gatherings until further notice in the western province of Herat, next to the Iranian border. The province is where the first suspected cases were detected late last month among Afghans who had recently returned from Iran.
Afghan authorities have constricted screenings at border entry points and limited land and air links with Iran.
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