COVID-19: Kurdistan Region reports record 166 new cases, seven deaths amid continued spike - Kurdistan 24
The coronavirus crisis is particularly acute in Sulaimani province, because it borders Iran, the original epicenter of the virus in the Middle East and which is now experiencing a second spike. It follows a call from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Mustafa al-Kadhimi, soon after he became Iraqi Prime Minister. In their discussion, Kadhimi agreed to Rouhani’s request to re-open the border, which was done on May 18.
The incubation period for the virus is two weeks. And two weeks after the border with Iran was re-opened, cases of coronavirus began rising in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
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