Turkey says 132 on flight from Iran to be quarantined

All 132 passengers and crew on a Turkish Airlines plane from Tehran will be quarantined for 14 days and tested for possible coronavirus infection at a hospital in Ankara, Turkish health minister Fahrettin Koca said Tuesday. The flight from Tehran was carrying Turkish nationals home after Ankara closed its border with Iran this weekend following a coronavirus outbreak there, Koca said. An aviation source said earlier the flight was originally due to land at Istanbul but was diverted to Ankara. The Health Ministry denied this. Turkish Airlines said Tuesday it had extended a cancellation of flights to Iranian cities, with the exception of Tehran, until March 10. Monday, the airline said it canceled flights to Mashhad, Isfahan, Tabriz and Shiraz. It also said it cut the frequency of Tehran flights to 2 per day. <br/>