BAGHDAD, Nov 30 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Health Ministry reported 1,614 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide infections to 550,435.
It also reported 24 new deaths and 2,366 more recovered cases, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 12,224, and the total recoveries to 480,903.
The ministry also said that Health Minister, Hassan al-Tamimi and Education Minister, Ali Hamid visited a primary school in the capital, Baghdad, to oversee the implementation of the health-protective measures on the first day of the new school year, as more than 10 million students went to the classrooms across the country.
Al-Tamimi confirmed that the visit included the follow-up of COVID-19 tests for teachers and students, as planned earlier by the ministry, according to a statement.
For his part, Hamid praised efforts by the health ministry’s personnel, in conducting awareness campaigns and their support for the Education Ministry, to prevent the spread of the virus, the statement added.
Separately, Riyadh Abdul-Amir, head of the ministry’s Public Health Department, said, Iraq is currently the 20th in the global ranking of infections, after once the 11th.
“It is not possible to judge at this time that the pandemic has receded, especially as we are in winter, when infections are likely to increase. But if the decline of infections continues until the end of winter, that will be an indication of the pandemic receding,” Abdul-Amir said.– NNN-NINA
