Sources: Al-Arabiya
Iraq reports its first five cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in the northern city of Duhok, in Iraqi Kurdistan. 2022-01-6
Iraq receives 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX initiative. 2021-11-20
Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa, a former Iraq judge who presided during the trial of former dictator Saddam Hussein, dies from COVID-19 at the age of 52. 2021-04-2
Iraq receives 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccines donated by China as the country officially begins its vaccination campaign. 2021-03-2
Iraq signs a preliminary deal to receive 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Tozinameran. Ministry of Health spokesman Seif al-Badr says troops and the elderly will be prioritized for vaccinations. 2020-12-22
Iraq reports the highest single-day increase of over 3,800 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 2020-08-13
Iraq issues a lockdown until March 28 in an effort to contain the coronavirus. 2020-03-22
Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Oman and Bahrain confirm their first cases of coronavirus. 2020-02-24