Coronavirus

A Kurdistan Region health care worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation center in Erbil, Aug. 7, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Over 600,000 in Kurdistan Region fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Since its first confirmed case of the coronavirus in early 2020, the Kurdistan Region has reported 368,698 total infections and 6,651 deaths. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Daily infection numbers down across Kurdistan Region

A health care worker administer COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation centre in Erbil, August 7, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for public and private sectors

An Iraqi woman walks past a billboard bearing the name of Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, after a fire erupted in the medical facility reserved for the most severe COVID-19 cases, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

Iraq

Ten days of sweeping COVID-19 restrictions go into effect in Iraq

A health worker in a Kurdistan Region COVID-19 treatment center. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan PM urges public to get vaccinated as Iraq’s total infections top 1 million

Jalel Khayat Mosque in the Kurdistan Region’s capital city of Erbil. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

KRG marks start of Ramadan, urges public to follow COVID-19 health restrictions

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Spokesperson Jutyar Adil speaks to reporters at a press conference in Erbil, April 11, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: KRG cancels 'Thursday holiday,' continues travel ban to Iraqi provinces outside Kurdistan

Iraqi health authorities receive the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Baghdad International Airport, April 11, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi Health Ministry)

Kurdistan

Nearly 50,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Iraq

Security forces enforce a coronavirus curfew in the Kurdistan Region's capital of Erbil. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: After spike in new cases, Kurdistan announces partial curfew in all 4 provinces

Security forces in the Kurdistan Region's Erbil province enforce COVID-19 lockdown, March 2020. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region halts travel with federal provinces amid rising COVID-19 infections

A health are worker checks the temperature of a man inside a health isolation center on the Syrian-Turkish border. (Photo: AP/Anas Alkharboutli)

Syria

Over 100 civil society groups in northeast Syria warn of unfair COVID-19 vaccine distribution

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

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

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

Kurdistan

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

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