Baku, April 19, IRNA – Some 142 Iranian students in Azerbaijan Republic universities returned home via land border on Saturday.

The people who had stayed in the country due to closure of the two countries' borders following coronavirus outbreak returned home today.

They arrived in the country with the coordination of the two countries' officials through Astara Border Crossing.

The novel coronavirus was first detected in China in late December and has since spread to all countries across the world.

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