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 , in a rare collaboration with its Syrian counterpart , ordered complete closure of Iraq-Syria border to halt the spread.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