Health

Health workers at a Kurdistan Region coronavirus clinic. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region announces highest daily cases of 2021, warns of Delta variant

Qani Muhyyadin, a Syrian refugee, is pictured as he receives the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine in the Kurdistan Region's Duhok province, May 2, 2021. (Photo: UNHCR / Twitter)

Kurdistan

Coronavirus vaccination drive ‘improved’ in Kurdistan Region, health ministry says

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

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region's health ministry rolls out coronavirus Delta variant test kits

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Iraq

Iraq reports record 9,189 new COVID-19 infections

Iraq records 8,777 new infections, and 37 deaths in a single day. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

Iraq extends partial curfew amid uptick in new COVID-19 cases

A COVID-19 vaccination center in Kurdistan Region’s capital city of Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Plans for new vaccination card as Kurdistan Region reaches 4,500 total deaths

Passengers watch aircraft as they wait for their flight at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 28, 2020. (Photo: Amr Nabil/AP)

Middle East

Saudi suspends UAE flights due to virus variant

Covid-19 has killed more than 84,000 people out of over 3.2 million detected infections in Iran. (Photo: Archive)

Iran

Iran fears 'fifth wave' of Covid linked to Delta variant

People play cards in a coffee shop in Istanbul, after Turkey's government eased coronavirus restrictions, July 1, 2021. (Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP)

Kurdistan

Turkey lifts most pandemic restrictions as new cases plateau

World Health Organization presses EU on 'equal recognition' of COVID-19 vaccines

Kurdistan

World Health Organization presses EU on 'equal recognition' of COVID-19 vaccines

A medical worker tests an Israeli youth for the coronavirus at a basketball court turned into a coronavirus testing center, in Binyamina, Israel, June 29, 2021. (Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP)

Middle East

Israel scrambles to curb jump in COVID infections

A member of the Iraqi security forces enforce COVID-19 lockdown in Baghdad, May 31, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)

Iraq

Iraqi restauranteurs pay bribes to dodge virus curfew

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Iraq

Iraq again records over 6,000 new COVID-19 cases

Iraqi officials have often complained about the public's lack of commitment to health guidelines, including the wearing of masks. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

COVID-19: Iraq announces third, 'more deadly' wave of pandemic

Former drug addict Dilgash Shukri. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Former drug addict overcomes addiction, inspires others to follow in Kurdistan Region

A health worker with the Emirati Red Crescent gives a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine at a centre for Iraqis displaced by conflict, in the Debaga camp east of Kurdish capital Erbil, May 25, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)

Kurdistan

UAE Red Crescent rolls out second dose of COVID vaccine to refugees in Kurdistan Region