Employees of Iraq's Health Ministry veterinarian department disinfect, as a precaution against the spread of Congo hemorrhagic fever, an area near cows at a farm in southwestern Baghdad, May 22, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
A member of a veterinary team sprays a farm's cattle and enclosures with disinfectant in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, on May 7, 2022. (Photo: Shwan Nawzad/AFP)
An Iraqi veterinarian worker in protective kits carries a sheep into a pool of disinfectants against Crimean-Congo fever in Kirkuk, May 10, 2022. (Photo: Soran Kamaran/Kurdistan 24)
An Iraqi veterinarian worker in protective kits carries a sheep into a pool of disinfectants against Crimean-Congo fever in Kirkuk, May 10, 2022. (Photo: Soran Kamaran/Kurdistan 24)
A member of a veterinary team talks to farmers during a cattle disinfection campaign in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, May 7, 2022. (Photo: Shwan Nawzad/AFP)
A cattle disinfection campaign in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, a day after registering the first death of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever as cases of the virus spread to the country's north, May 7, 2022. (Photo: Shwan Nawzad/AFP)
A member of a veterinary team sprays a farm's cattle and enclosures with disinfectant in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, on May 7, 2022. (Photo: Shwan Nawzad/AFP)
A member of a veterinary team talks to farmers during a cattle disinfection campaign in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, on May 7, 2022. (Photo: Shwan Nawzad/AFP)