Officials say Iraq has thousands of confirmed Covid-19 cases, far more than what authorities have been reporting
An Iraqi man wearing a protective face mask and gloves walks past a homeless man who sleeps in front of a closed shop in Basra, Iraq during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Photo taken on April 2, 2020.
Iraq's health ministry, the only official outlet for information on the coronavirus, dismissed the sources' reading of the spread of the disease. But the three doctors, who work in pharmaceutical teams helping test suspected Covid-19 cases in Baghdad, each said that confirmed cases of the disease, based on discussions among fellow medics who see daily results, were between about 3,000 and 9,000 although they each gave different estimates.
The new coronavirus has hit Iraq's neighbour, Iran, worse than any country in the region. Iraq has close trade and religious ties with Iran and a large border, which Iraq shut in February over fears of the spread of the infection. "On Saturday last week alone, about 50 people were buried who died from the disease," he said. At that time the official death toll was 42.
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