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Iraq: Covid-19 : 282,672 cases; 7,881 deaths

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First Iraqi Suspected of Coronavirus Confirmed - media report

First Iraqi Suspected of Coronavirus Confirmed
Basnews English 22/02/2020 - 14:32 Published in Iraq

ERBIL — Medical sources reported on Saturday the first case of suspected coronavirus patient in southern Iraq.

According Dhi Qar Directorate of Health, a student in the province was put in quarantine after they found symptoms of the novel virus.

The man was a student in neighboring Iran, Qom province where over 20 people have so far tested positive and at least four are dead...

Source: http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en...nBTKXv8pl7Hx9o14o9OXYquGm_-RJ7bgasTYcSUdN_CXQ
 
A case denied in Dhi Qar Governorate

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Thi-Qar's health denies that any case of Corona virus has been recorded


Dhi Qar Health Department denied, on Saturday, the registration of any case of corona virus.

The department said in a statement that "the news that indicated that any case of infection with Corona virus was registered in the province is not true."

The department called on the media and social media to "be careful in conveying the information and adopting it from official sources."

Pages on social media reported a story that included the first case of corona virus infection in Dhi Qar Governorate.

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2020/02/23...1%d8%a7%d9%8a/
 
POSTED ON 2020-02-23 BY SOTALIRAQ


A deputy proposes to extend the spring vacation for one week due to Corona


On Saturday, Representative Jawad al-Moussawi submitted a proposal to extend the holiday, one week, due to corona's illness.

Moussawi said in a statement that "due to the seriousness of the current health situation, we suggest to the Ministry of Education to extend the spring vacation for one week until the study and scrutiny of the conditions of Iraq and neighboring countries regarding the Corona virus."

Moussawi stressed "the need to take all necessary health measures to prevent its entry into and spread of Iraq."

On Saturday, Iran's Central Governor, Ali Agazadeh, announced the death of a person infected with the new Corona virus, bringing the number of deaths to 6.

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2020/02/23...3%d8%a8%d9%88/
 
Iraq Covid-19 Coronavirus

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en...GvRK3E4aMAFHjxreSOsZbWSAlbNmDwpeRO4FVfRqImIvw
[h=2]First Iraqi Suspected of Coronavirus Confirmed[/h] ERBIL — Medical sources reported on Saturday the first case of suspected coronavirus patient in southern Iraq.

According Dhi Qar Directorate of Health, a student in the province was put in quarantine after they found symptoms of the novel virus.

The man was a student in neighboring Iran, Qom province where over 20 people have so far tested positive and at least four are dead.
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[h=3]Iraq reports first coronavirus infection - Anadolu Agency[/h] www.aa.com.tr › middle-east › iraq-reports-first-coronavirus-infection

1 day ago - BAGHDAD. Iraq on Saturday reported its first coronavirus case in the southern Dhi Qar province, according to a local medical source.
 
(Reuters) - Local health officials in the Iraqi holy Shi’ite city of Najaf have detected the first case of coronavirus in the country, an Iranian theology student, the health ministry said on Monday.

The patient had entered Iraq before the government shut border crossings and banned the entry of any non-Iraqis coming from Iran, the ministry said in a statement.

“It has become clear to the ministry that the results of lab tests conducted on a theology student, an Iranian citizen, who had entered the country before ... the decision to stop travel have revealed he is ill with the coronavirus,” it said.
 
BAGHDAD

Iraq on Monday confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in the country’s Najaf city.

Ridvan Kindi, the head of the Health Department in Najaf city in south of capital Baghdad, said an Iranian student has tested positive for the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.

The student was immediately quarantined and necessary measures were taken, Kindi said.
 
Source: https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/240220201

First case of coronavirus confirmed in Iraq’s Najaf: health ministry
2 hours ago
Mohammed Rwanduzy

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s health ministry confirmed on Monday that an Iranian student in the Shiite holy city of Najaf has tested positive for the coronavirus.

“Najaf Health Department would like to clarify that the results of laboratory tests conducted today showed an Iranian citizen studying religious studies, who had entered Iraq before the ministerial crisis cell’s decision to ban Iranians from entering, has coronavirus,” the Najaf Health Department said in a statement.

The student’s case was discovered while medical teams in Najaf were carrying out routine tests on students and visitors. The student was taken to hospital, quarantined, and samples taken for testing, the department added.

Iraq’s Ministry of Health issued a statement on Monday urging anyone who has been in contact with the patient to come forward.

“All measures according to International Health Regulations to deal with the case were undertaken, and we call on those who had physical contact [with the patient] to cooperate with the measures,” the ministry said...
 
Iraq confirms first coronavirus case as campaigners urge Iraqis to cover their faces


Iraq on Monday confirmed its first novel coronavirus case as an elderly Iranian national in the southern shrine city of Najaf was diagnosed with the illness, according to health officials.

Iraq, a country with a dilapidated healthcare system, often hosts pilgrims and religious students from Iran, where 12 people have died of the novel coronavirus since an outbreak there was first reported last week.

more...

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/ne...border-closure

Note - this report refers to the individual as an elderly Iranian national, while the others refer to a student and emphasize this person entered the country before they closed the borders, so this could be two separate cases.
 
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Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...cases-12469432

Iraq confirms four more COVID-19 cases
25 Feb 2020 07:14PM
(Updated: 25 Feb 2020 07:20PM)

BAGHDAD: Iraq on Tuesday (Feb 25) confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in an Iraqi family returning from neighbouring Iran, bringing its total number of diagnosed infections to five.

The health ministry said the four were quarantined in Kirkuk, an oil-rich region north of Baghdad, where the governor said authorities were implementing emergency measures to stymie a larger outbreak...

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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/25/c_138817879.htm

Iraq declares 4 new cases of COVID-19
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-25 19:43:47|Editor: huaxia

BAGHDAD, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iraq announced four new cases of novel coronavirus disease in the country's northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday, bringing the total number in Iraq to five.

A statement by the Iraqi Health Ministry said it has registered four new cases of coronavirus in an Iraqi family who paid a visit to neighboring Iran.

The family members were tested positive after applying the quarantine measures in accordance with the international procedures, according to the statement...
 
Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraq-covid-19-situation-report-no1-27-february-2020
Iraq: COVID-19 Situation Report No.1, 27 February 2020
Source: OCHA
Published 27 Feb 2020

KEY MESSAGES

Six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iraq as of 27-February-2020

Emergency Cell has been convened

Month-long school closures implemented in KRI

Restrictions on gatherings in public sites in several governorates

Iraq has shut its border with Iran and barred entry from eight other countries considered to be high risk for transmission

SITUATION OVERVIEW

The first recorded case of COVID-19 (also colloquially known as “coronavirus”) was recorded in Iraq on 24-February, in the city of Najaf, in Najaf governorate. The patient was a theology student from Iran. Four more cases were reported in Kirkuk governorate on 25-February; the patients were an Iraqi family who recently returned from Iran. One additional case was confirmed in Baghdad on 27-February, again from a traveler who had visited Iran. No additional cases have been confirmed, but testing is underway throughout the country. There have been no known fatalities in Iraq to date due to COVID-19...
 
Source: https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/290220202

5 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Iraq
17 minutes ago

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s ministry of health says it has confirmed five new cases of the coronavirus in Iraq, four in the capital Baghdad and one in Babil province.

There are now 13 known cases of the virus in Iraq but no deaths. There are no confirmed cases in the Kurdistan Region.

“They were under the supervision of the Ministry of Health staff and their samples were taken for laboratory tests,” the ministry said in a statement on Facebook.

“Later on, it was found that the results of their tests are positive and they are currently in the private rooms inside the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment to follow up their health status.”...
 
Source: https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/01032020
First cases of coronavirus confirmed in Kurdistan Region
8 minutes ago
Zhelwan Z. Wali

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region- The Kurdistan Regional Government's Health Ministry has announced the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Region.

"In the course of the past 24 hours, tests were conducted four 24 suspects. As a result, for people from Sulaimani tested positive for Covid-19 including a family of three and another woman who have all returnees from Iran," the KRG Health Ministry announced in a statement on Sunday.

"All of those tested positive for coronavirus were in quarantine," the ministry said. "They are all in good health and have been put at a hospital designated for those being affected by the disease."...

...Including the four cases of Sulaimani, Iraq has so far recorded 17 cases of the virus – one case in Najaf, one in Babil, six in Baghdad, and another five in Kirkuk, according to the latest figure from the Iraqi health ministry. All of them had recently returned from Iran – the epicenter of the Middle East outbreak...
 
Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_th...t_75762008.htm

Iraq confirms 6 new cases of COVID-19
Xinhua, March 2, 2020

BAGHDAD, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Health Ministry on Sunday announced six new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 19.

The six new confirmed cases include two in the city of Baghdad and four in Sulaimaniyah province, the ministry said in a statement, adding the patients are people who returned earlier to Iraq from the neighboring Iran...
 
Source: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/five-new-covid-19-cases-confirmed-in-iraq-h-852911.html

Five New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Iraq - Health Ministry
Mohammad Ali 19 minutes ago Tue 03rd March 2020 | 12:50 AM
Five New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Iraq - Health Ministry

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd March, 2020) Five new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Iraq, the country's Health Ministry said on Monday.

"The Ministry of Health and Environment of Iraq have registered five newly confirmed coronavirus cases, three of them in Baghdad, one in [the province of] Maysan, and the fifth one in [the province of] Najaf," the ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook...
 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...iraq-death-cases-map-who-latest-a9373996.html
Iraq has confirmed its first death from coronavirus, an elderly man in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniya.

It is the second country within the Middle East, after Iran, to record a fatality linked to the virus, otherwise known as Covid-19.

A local health department in Iraq’s Kurdish province announced the death, Reuters reports.

The country has so far recorded 31 cases of Covid-19, one Iranian student who has since been sent home and 30 Iraqis who had all recently visited Iran.
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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraq-covid-19-situation-report-no-3-5-march-2020
Iraq: COVID-19 Situation Report No. 3, 5 March 2020
Source: OCHA
Published 5 Mar 2020

KEY MESSAGES

36 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iraq as of 5 March 2020

First two fatalities recorded, both in Baghdad; third COVID-19- related fatality suspected

Five cases now recorded in Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)

All cases in Iraq believed to be linked to travellers coming from Iran, or those with close contact to travellers from Iran

Health screening points established at border points between KRI and Federal Iraq

World Health Organization has discussed preventitive measures with religious authorities in Najaf

Friday prayers cancelled

$15 million allocation from CERF released to help contain spread...
 
Source: https://www.news18.com/news/world/i...ince-2003-fall-of-saddam-hussein-2528901.html

Iraq's Top Cleric's Sermon Cancelled over Coronavirus Scare, First since 2003 Fall of Saddam Hussein
AFP
Last Updated: March 6, 2020, 8:58 PM IST


Najaf: Representatives of Iraq's top Shiite cleric did not deliver his weekly sermon in Karbala on Friday, a first since the fall of Saddam Hussein, due to fears of spreading the novel coronavirus.

Religious authorities had already closed the shrine of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, where the sermon is usually delivered, to mitigate the risk of contagion.

On Friday, representatives who usually read Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani's address, broadcast live on state television, did not appear. The 89-year-old Sistani is based in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, south of Karbala, and never appears in public.

An official at the site in the holy city of Karbala said "the cancellation of Friday prayers at the Imam Hussein shrine is a first since 2003", the year an American-led invasion toppled veteran dictator Saddam Hussein.

Sources close to Sistani's office confirmed the unprecedented nature of the decision.

Iraq has reported three coronavirus deaths and 38 infections.
 
Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraq-covid-19-situation-report-no-4-10-march-2020


Iraq: COVID-19 Situation Report No. 4, 10 March 2020
Source: OCHA
Published 10 Mar 2020

KEY MESSAGES

• 71 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iraq as of 10 March 2020

• Seven fatalities confirmed due to COVID-19 as of 10 March 2020

• Increased travel restrictions on both entry to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and between Iraq and KRI

• First suspected cases recorded in an IDP camp; health protocol measures in place

• World Health Organization dispatches supplies and medical devices to Iraq

• Closure of public spaces, buildings, offices and schools continues

• Ministry of Trade states there are sufficient food stocks...
 
Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/latest-on-...coronavirus-cases-in-iraq-rises-to-71/1761561



Number of coronavirus cases in Iraq rises to 71
Seventh person dies from deadly outbreak
Haydar Karaalp | 11.03.2020

BAGHDAD

The number of novel coronavirus cases in Iraq rose to 71 Tuesday, according to the country's health minister.

Jaffar Allawi told a news conference that Iraq is successfully fighting the virus compared to France, Italy and the U.K. and said the country has received support from China.

Iraq reported its seventh coronavirus death Monday and the first in the southeastern city of Basra...
 
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