Iraq: 2026 Crimean-Congo Fever

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Source: https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/070520262

Iraq records first case of hemorrhagic fever this year in Kirkuk: official
5 hours ago
Rudaw

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A woman from Kirkuk on Thursday tested positive for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), marking Iraq’s first recorded case of the disease this year, according to a health official.

“The test results of the Kirkuk woman were returned from the central laboratory in Baghdad and confirmed that she has contracted hemorrhagic fever,” Arjan Mohammed Rashid, head of Kirkuk’s Health Department, told Rudaw, adding that “this is the first case of hemorrhagic fever recorded this year.”...

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Source: https://shafaq.com/en/society/Iraq-s...-cases-in-2026

Iraq’s Diyala records four CCHF cases in 2026
2026-05-15 14:10
Shafaq News- Diyala

Diyala health authorities confirmed four cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) since the beginning of 2026, while veterinary teams imposed quarantine measures and tightened livestock controls in several areas.

Diyala registered its first CCHF case about three months ago in the Al-Ghalibiya area. Three additional cases were recorded in recent weeks in Khan Bani Saad, Al-Adhim, and Al-Abbara. Three of the four infected patients have recovered, while one case remains under treatment.

Diyala Veterinary Hospital director Mohammed Al-Tamimi told Shafaq News that the quarantine measures include establishing a 14-kilometer perimeter around any infection hotspot, adding that restrictions had already been lifted in Al-Ghalibiya and that the situation remained under control in the other affected areas...

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to five in Iraq’s Diyala province
18-5-2026 06:16
Shafaq News- Diyala

Health authorities in Iraq’s Diyala province have confirmed a fifth case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) since the start of 2026, the local office of the High Commission for Human Rights revealed on Monday, as officials tighten livestock movement controls ahead of Eid al-Adha, when animal slaughter typically increases.

Salah Mahdi, head of the commission’s office in Diyala, told Shafaq News that the latest case, the second reported in recent days, involves a man in his sixties working as a butcher in Mandali district, eastern Diyala. Three additional cases have been recorded in recent weeks in Khan Bani Saad, al-Adhim, and al-Abbara...

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Source: http://rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/958482

Hemorrhagic fever kills 6 in Iraqi Dhi Qar province as Kurdistan reports no cases
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Publish Date 2 hours ago

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least six people have died from Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Iraq’s Dhi Qar province since the beginning of this year, Iraqi authorities told Rudaw on Monday, making the southern governorate the hardest hit nationwide. Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) confirmed that no cases of the virus have been recorded in the Region over the past five months.

Ahmad Salim, spokesperson for the Dhi Qar provincial council, said that “in addition to six fatalities, 41 cases have been recorded across the province since the start of 2026,” adding that authorities have been forced to “ban the import and export of livestock.”

He further identified a slaughterhouse in the provincial capital Nasiriyah as the “epicenter of the outbreak” in Dhi Qar, noting that they “closed it down and adopted a series of safety measures to prevent the further spread of the lethal virus during Eid al-Adha,” a four-day Muslim celebration that involves the ritual processing of animals to seek God’s blessings...

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Source: https://shafaq.com/en/society/Iraq-i...-CCHF-outbreak


Iraq increases veterinary inspections amid CCHF outbreak
2026-05-28 15:05
Shafaq News- Kirkuk

Iraq intensified slaughterhouse inspections ahead of the Islamic holiday Eid Al-Adha after Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases spread to additional provinces, including Kirkuk, where authorities recorded the first confirmed infection of 2026 this week.

Mansour Ahmad Mohammad Al-Bayati, director of Kirkuk’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, told Shafaq News on Thursday that veterinary teams carried out extensive inspections inside Kirkuk’s central slaughterhouse as animal slaughter operations increased ahead of the holiday. The inspections included health checks on cattle and sheep, monitoring livestock conditions, and verifying the safety of meat officially stamped and approved before entering local markets...

...The Iraqi Agriculture Ministry earlier this week ordered a series of preventive and precautionary measures to contain the disease amid continued infections reported in several provinces. Dhi Qar recorded Iraq’s highest number of infections this year with 45 confirmed cases and seven deaths since the start of 2026, while two additional infections were recently reported in Nineveh province south of Mosul.

In total, Shafaq News tracker has recorded 53 CCHF cases and nine deaths nationwide so far in 2026, following 247 cases and 38 deaths across all of 2025...

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Source: https://shafaq.com/amp/en/society/Ni...CCHF-infection


Nineveh reports fresh CCHF infection
2-7-2026 05:42
Shafaq News- Nineveh

Health authorities in Iraq's northern Nineveh province confirmed a new case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) on Thursday, two days after recording another infection involving a 21-year-old man.

Speaking to Shafaq News, a medical source at the Nineveh Health Directorate identified the patient as a 39-year-old resident of Mosul's Bab Al-Jadeed neighborhood. He was immediately placed in isolation and began treatment under the approved medical protocol.

According to Shafaq News CCHF tracker, Iraq has recorded 155 confirmed infections and 10 deaths since the beginning of 2026. Nineveh has reported 11 cases with no fatalities...

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Source: https://shafaq.com/amp/en/society/Tw...CHF-in-Nineveh


Two children test positive for CCHF in Nineveh
7-7-2026 10:45
Shafaq News- Nineveh

Two children in Iraq's northern Nineveh province have tested positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a medical source told Shafaq News on Tuesday, bringing the total in the province to 14.

Both aged 10, the children had been admitted to hospital as suspected cases on July 2. One is from Mosul's 17 Tammuz neighborhood, while the other is from the Bashiqa subdistrict east of the city...