Duhok International Film Festival postponed until next year due to COVID-19 - Kurdistan 24
The eighth annual Duhok International Film Festival that was slated to be held in September will be postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus threat, the festival management announced on Friday.
The decision comes as the Kurdistan Region and Iraq as a whole witnesses a spike in the number of new infections, likely due to recently relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. On Saturday, the regional health ministry said in a statement that it had tested 1,491 individuals for the disease over the past 24 hours, a notable high compared to an average of close to 1,000 in previous days. Of the total, 31 samples came back positive.
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