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Bahrain threatens untested from Iran with arrest amid virus

by Associated Press
| February 28, 2020 9:10 PM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain on Saturday threatened legal prosecution against travelers who came from Iran and hadn't been tested for the new coronavirus, and also barred public gatherings for two weeks as confirmed cases across the wider Mideast grew to over 520.

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