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| Twenty people quarantined inside a hotel in #Najaf over doubts of being infected with #coronavirus |
| 2020-02-26 |
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Coronavirus: KRG restricts free movement, closes schools after Kirkuk outbreak [Rudaw] Free movement between Iraq and the Kurdistan Region and between provinces will now face restrictions, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced Tuesday afternoon, following an outbreak of coronavirus in Kirkuk. Educational institutions have also been ordered to close. Four cases of the coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, were confirmed in the disputed province of Kirkuk, Iraq’s health ministry said earlier on Tuesday. Officials said the four individuals, Iraqi nationals of the same family, had recently returned from neighbouring Iran, where at least 95 people have contracted the virus and 15 have died, according to Iranian health officials. Fuel panic sweeps Kurdistan Region as coronavirus shuts Iran border [Rudaw] Rumors of fuel shortages caused traffic chaos across the Kurdistan Region on Monday night as motorists queued for hours outside petrol stations. Authorities insist fuel supplies have not been impacted by the closure of the Kurdistan Region’s border crossings with Iran – a measure taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus. |
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