Reuters - Qatar�s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of Qatari and Kuwaiti citizens from Iran due to the spreading of the coronavirus COVID-19, state news agency reported on twitter.

On Wednesday, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said that Iran had no plans to quarantine any �cities and districts� in response to the country�s coronavirus outbreak.

The virus had killed 19 people in Iran until now and infected 139 others, the health ministry announced.

Reporting by Hesham Abdul Khalek; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama