BAGHDAD, Jan 23 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported 685 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total nationwide infections to 612,092.
It also reported seven new deaths, raising the death toll to 12,984, and 1,567 more recovered cases, bringing the total recoveries to 578,292.
A total of 5,305,002 tests have been carried out across the country, since the outbreak of the disease in Feb, with 37,828 done during the day, according to the report.
On Jan 19, the ministry said, the Iraqi National Board for Selection of Drugs (NBSD), approved the emergency use of China’s Sinopharm and British AstraZeneca vaccines, to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previously, the NBSD already approved the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to combat the pandemic.
Iraq has taken a series of measures to contain the pandemic, since the first case appeared in the country.– NNN-NINA
