Health

Iraq carried out 29,899 coronavirus tests over the past day, recording 4,994 positive results. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

COVID-19: Nearly 5,000 new cases in Iraq brings national total to 80,000

Iraqi police officers stop a vehicle at a checkpoint in the Karrada district of central Baghdad as they enforce a curfew imposed to curb spiking coronavirus cases. (Photo: AFP/Sabah Arar)

Iraq

COVID-19: Iraq confirms over 4,600 new cases, 29 deaths

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

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region records 195 new COVID-19 cases ahead of Newroz celebrations

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

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region records more than 500 new cases, six deaths in 24 hours

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

Kurdistan

As new COVID-19 strain spreads and daily cases top 500, Kurdistan Region urges citizens to take precautions

A healthcare worker in the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil prepares to give an injection to a COVID-19 patient, Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Safen Hamed)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region records over 500 new COVID-19 cases as UK variant spreads

Public and private schools from first to 11th grade are closed until March 24, 2021. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Teachers Union: 20 percent of current COVID-19 infections are students and teachers

Health workers in a COVID-19 treatment center in Duhok province begin carrying out the Kurdistan Region's vaccination program, March 6, 2021. (Photo: Masoud Mohammed)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province launches vaccination campaign

Goran Osman Aziz, health worker in Erbil, became the first person to receive the Sinopharm vaccine, March, 4, 2021. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan / Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Healthcare workers get first jabs as Kurdistan Region rolls out Sinopharm vaccine

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) visits a health facility in Erbil, Sept. 21, 2020. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region thanks China for coronavirus vaccine, warns of difficult road ahead

COVID-19 testing laboratory in Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region receives its first batch of 5,000 vaccine doses

Iraqis get vaccinated against Covid-19 with Chinese Sinopharm vaccine at a private nursing home in Baghdad, March 2, 2021. (Photo: Sabah Arar / AFP)

Iraq

Iraq begins rolling out Chinese gifted Sinopharm vaccine

Iraqi workers bury the dead in a graveyard dedicated to coronavirus victims. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

COVID-19: New daily cases in Iraq exceed 4,000; authorities warn of stricter health measures

Jutyar Adil, Kurdistan Regional Government’s Spokesperson at a press conference. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG takes measures to combat spread of new COVID-19 strain as cases rise

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

Kurdistan

What you should know about the UK COVID-19 variant in the Kurdistan Region

Health authorities have confirmed that infections with the new British strain have been recorded in several Iraqi provinces. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan health ministry: No COVID-19 curfew planned for Kurdistan Region, changes will be announced