The Syrian authorities and the Iraqi Kurdistan government agreed to close the Iraq-Syria border in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus in 2020 .
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