Coronavirus claims 15 more lives in Iran
Iran is limiting travel between its major cities in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed at least 107 people in the country.
Iran has already closed schools until April, and Health Minister Saeed Namaki said people should not use the break as an opportunity to travel.
He also urged Iranians to reduce the use of paper banknotes.
The measures come as the World Health Organization warned some countries were not doing enough to stop the virus.
But WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted containment was still possible, adding: "This is not a time to give up."
Worldwide, authorities have confirmed more than 92,000 cases of the virus, of which more than 80,000 are in China.
More than 3,000 people have died globally, the vast majority of them in China.
World stock succumb to virus
European shares opened sharply lower, with travel stocks bearing the brunt. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 2.4% by 08.56 GMT.
Germany's DAX .GDAXI slid 2.4%, Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE fell 1.8% and France's CAC 40 .FCHI fell 2.4%.
The MSCI All-Country World Index .MIWD00000PUS, which tracks shares across 47 countries, was down 0.72%.
After marking their worst weekly performance since the 2008 financial crisis, global stocks as measured by the index are up 1.7% this week, as sentiment recovered on the back of stimulus from policymakers to combat the economic fallout of the virus.
