Omicron

A Kurdish medic brings an oxygen bottle to a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in the Kurdistan Region's Duhok province, July 27, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan sees uptick in COVID-19 cases amid Omicron surge

Displaced persons in Iraq being taking PCR tests for COVID-19 in an IDP camp near Baghdad. (Photo: UNHCR)

Iraq

Iraqi health ministry warns about rapid spread of omicron

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan PM ‘concerned’ about reports of Omicron cases in Duhok

A medic checks an elderly man's temperature as he arrives to receive the Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation centre in Erbil, August 7, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

KRG issues new COVID-19 measures as global surge continues

The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Supreme Committee to Combat Covid-19, in meeting. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KRG Supreme Committee to Combat COVID-19 will meet to review regulations

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (Photo: AFP/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

USA

US Secretary of Defense tests positive for COVID

Kurdistan Region Health Minister Saman Barzinji speaks to Kurdistan 24 in Erbil, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Suspected omicron cases in Kurdistan Region are being investigated: Health Minister

Interior of Erbil International Airport (EIA). (Photo: Sabr Dri)

Kurdistan

KRG monitoring travelers for new Omicron COVID-19 variant, says health minister