Health

Sadrists convene at a Friday sermon at Kufa Mosque in southern Iraq amid COVID-19 pandemic, September 12, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq’s Sadr calls for halt to Friday sermons, citing COVID-19 concerns

Iraqi health workers prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Mosul on July 29, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)

Iraq

COVID-19: As new case numbers soar, Iraq's parliament suggests reinstating full curfew

Sakfan Suleman, the Director of Duhok's Azadi General Hospital, speaks to reporters, Aug. 5, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region again dedicates much of Duhok's largest hospital to treating COVID-19

A mask-clad elderly man walks by a graphite concrete wall in the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, July 7, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Erbil tightens COVID-19 precautionary measures as virus surges

German Consul General to Kurdistan Region Klemens Semtner speaks during a press conference in Erbil, August 2, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Germany sends Kurdistan Region 100,000 COVID-19 testing kits

Photo: Archive

Kurdistan

109-year-old Kurd recovers from COVID-19

A sample of the Vaccination Card issued by the KRG. (Photo: health ministry

Kurdistan

KRG to issue vaccination cards for double-jabbed citizens next week: Official

A medic treats a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in the Kurdistan Region's Duhok province, July 27, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Half of COVID-19 intensive care patients in Erbil are young adults, says health official

Traffic and federal police officers stop a vehicle at a checkpoint in the Karrada district of Iraq's capital Baghdad on March 14, 2021, as they enforce a total curfew imposed to curb COVID-19 coronavirus cases. (Photo: Sabah ARAR / AFP)

Iraq

Iraq COVID-19 vaccination rate jumps, then slows amid surge in cases

COVID-19 treatment center in Kurdistan Region’s Erbil. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan's Erbil orders new measures as COVID-19 deaths mount

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine in the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani province, July 27, 2021. (Photo: Dana Hama Gharib/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

As COVID pandemic worsens, nearly 40,000 register for vaccines in 2 days in Erbil

A medic analyses samples from COVID-19 patients at a hospital in the Kurdistan Region’s northern city of Duhok, July 27, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region requests international vaccine donations amid spike in cases

Rizgari hospital in Erbil, seen on July 27, 2021 is a dedicated COVID-19 vaccination site. (Photo: Hoshmand Sadiq/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil to open 12 new vaccination centers as COVID-19 infections skyrocket

An Iraqi man is inoculated against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a vaccination center of Kufa, northeast of Najaf, July 25, 2021. (Photo: Ali Najafi/AFP)

Iraq

US pledges half a million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Iraq amid worsening pandemic

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Iraq

Iraq breaks daily COVID-19 record with more than 12,000 new cases

A health care worker tests a suspected COVID-19 patient in the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani province. (Photo: Shwan Mohammed/AFP)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region sets record of new cases for third day in a row