Health

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

Kurdistan

First cases of coronavirus Delta variant confirmed in Kurdistan Region

Workers bury the body of a dead coronavirus patient in an Iraqi graveyard. (Photo: Reuters)

Iraq

COVID-19: As new daily cases near 10,000, Iraq hints at return of full curfew, border closures

A young man light up candles for a vigil in mourning for the victims of a fire that swept through a COVID-19 coronavirus isolation, July 14, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Iraq

PHOTOS: Iraqis light candles in memory of Nasiriyah hospital inferno victims

Workers search the rubble of a coronavirus isolation ward of al-Hussein Hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah after being destroyed by a deadly fire overnight, July 13, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Asaad Niazi)

Iraq

As hospital fire death toll reaches 92, Iraqi court issues arrest warrants for local officials

A hospital dedicated to the treatment of coronavirus patients is engulfed in flames, July 12, 2021. (Photo: Social Media)

Iraq

Fire breaks out at Iraqi COVID-19 hospital, killing 40: Health officials

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

Photo: Archive

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