The Semalka Border Crossing that leads to the Kurdish independent territory of North and East Syria has been closed as a preventive measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the independent territory of North and East Syria with the exemption of special cases .
2 March : The government of Iraqi Kurdistan , ordered the complete closure of the Semalka Border Crossing at the Iraq-Syria border into the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria to halt the spread of the coronavirus until further notice as “ a precautionary measure to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus to the areas of autonomous administration of North and East Syria , excluding emergency cases ” .10 March : The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that there have been outbreaks of COVID-19 in Tartous , Damascus , Homs and Latakia provinces .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Syria