CAIRO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Turkey has put 4,603 passengers from Britain under quarantine, while Iraq imposed on Tuesday a travel ban on eight countries, including Britain, in a bid to contain the spread of a newly-found COVID-19 strain.
Turkey reported 19,256 new COVID-19 cases and 251 more deaths from the virus, raising its total infections to 2,062,960 and its death toll 18,602. Its total recoveries climbed by 32,110 to 1,866,815.
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