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Coronavirus: Secret funeral in Iraq's Kurdish region prompts infection spike
Authorities say funeral in capital Erbil now accounts for 30 percent of region's cases
By Azhar Al-Rubaie
in Erbil, Iraq
Published date: 7 April 2020 14:57 UTC | Last update: 8 min 42 sec ago
A secret funeral held in the Kurdish city of Erbil in late March has been blamed for a spike in coronavirus infections in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) confirmed 41 new Covid-19 cases in the capital Erbil on Monday - 17 women, 15 men and nine children - which marks the highest number of infections the autonomous region has seen in one day.
The confirmed cases were distributed as follows: two in Soran district, three in the Sidakan district, one in the village of Halja Bchook, and the other 35 cases in nine neighbourhoods across Erbil's city centre, according to a statement by the KRG health ministry.
The new infections bring the total number of reported cases to 277.
The statement said that 32 out of the 41 reported cases came after contact with a single infected person at a secret funeral gathering held in Erbil’s Karizan neighbourhood on 21 March...
Coronavirus: Secret funeral in Iraq's Kurdish region prompts infection spike
Authorities say funeral in capital Erbil now accounts for 30 percent of region's cases
By Azhar Al-Rubaie
in Erbil, Iraq
Published date: 7 April 2020 14:57 UTC | Last update: 8 min 42 sec ago
A secret funeral held in the Kurdish city of Erbil in late March has been blamed for a spike in coronavirus infections in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) confirmed 41 new Covid-19 cases in the capital Erbil on Monday - 17 women, 15 men and nine children - which marks the highest number of infections the autonomous region has seen in one day.
The confirmed cases were distributed as follows: two in Soran district, three in the Sidakan district, one in the village of Halja Bchook, and the other 35 cases in nine neighbourhoods across Erbil's city centre, according to a statement by the KRG health ministry.
The new infections bring the total number of reported cases to 277.
The statement said that 32 out of the 41 reported cases came after contact with a single infected person at a secret funeral gathering held in Erbil’s Karizan neighbourhood on 21 March...
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