Health

Iraqis wear protective suits as they bury the coffin of a man who passed away due to COVID-19. (Photo: Reuters)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Suspected new variant detected in Kurdistan Region

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

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region records no new deaths for first time in nearly 9 months

An Iraqi laundry shop owner sits outside his shop in the northern city of Mosul amid general restrictions on movement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on January 10, 2021. (Photo: AFP / Zaid AL-OBEIDI)

Iraq

Iraq’s Ministry of Health denies new, more contagious coronavirus exists in the country

Health Worker in a COVID-19 treatment center in Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

Iraq warns of new COVID-19 surge amid new virus variant, public break with health guidelines

KRG officials hold an online meeting with representatives of Pfizer to secure doses of the company's vaccine, Jan. 7, 2021. (Photo: KRG Health Ministry)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: KRG holds first meeting with Pfizer in effort to secure vaccine

Pupils at a Kurdistan Region school. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

In-person classes remain halted across Kurdistan Region as new COVID-19 variant looms: KRG

Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Health, Saman Barzinji, speaks at Kurdistan 24, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: KRG calls on public to avoid travel abroad, for those in UK to be wary of new strain

A health care worker at a Kurdistan Region COVID-19 treatment center

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region reports almost 70,000 recoveries so far

A fire burns in the Kurdistan Region's Harsham 1 displacement camp, Dec. 28, 2020. (Photo: Erbil Civil Defense)

Kurdistan

Fire erupts in Kurdistan Region displacement camp

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)

Iraq

Iraq approves emergency use of Pfizer vaccine

Health care workers in a COVID-19 treatment center in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region’s total cases top 102,000

Iraqi health workers take temperatures of entrees at a shrine gate. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq signs deal with Pfizer to secure over a million COVID-19 vaccine doses

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

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region reports lowest daily death in months

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region records over 200 new cases

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region records over 200 new cases

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

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region tops 100,000 infections

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

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region total infections top 98,000 cases