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State of Health Iraq announces new case of COVID-19
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 27 Feb 2020, 02:20 am Print
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Baghdad/Xinhua: Iraq announced a new case of novel coronavirus disease in the country's capital Baghdad on Thursday, bringing the total number in Iraq to six.
A statement by the Iraqi Health Ministry said it has detected a new case of coronavirus for an Iraqi young man who returned to Baghdad from neighboring Iran and was admitted to a hospital, where he was tested positive and was kept in quarantine in accordance with the international procedures.
Recently, the Iraqi authorities have been taking a series of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus after cases of the disease were confirmed earlier in the provinces of Najaf and Kirkuk.
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