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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Erbil province coronavirus crisis cell announced Thursday that they have decided to close mosques, sports centers, gyms, swimming pools, resorts, and parks until July 1, “due to the wide spread of coronavirus” in the province.
The new measures will take effect at midnight.
The cell also announced in a statement a curfew for all businesses, saying they “must be closed between 10 pm to 5 am until July 1, except for pharmacies.”
“Popular bazaars, bird [selling and buying] areas and car dealerships will be closed on Fridays,” added the statement.
The closure of mosques comes after the cell consulted with relevant religious authorities, elaborates the statement.
The crisis cell claims the decision was made “due to the wide spread of coronavirus in Erbil city,” saying, “the [current] situation is dangerous.”
All previous measures, including the ban on shisha consumption in businesses and the public, the closure of wedding and wake halls, as well as the inter-province traffic ban, will remain in place.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s health minister Saman Barzanji told Rudaw on Thursday that 67 coronavirus patients have newly recovered in Erbil.
KRG's health ministry recorded Thursday evening 224 new cases of the novel coronavirus, and seven deaths in the last 24 hours, according to a statement.
Forty-seven cases were in Erbil province, 134 in Sulaimani province, 14 in Halabja province, four in Duhok province, and 25 in the independent administration of Garmiyan, added the statement.
It also said that 94 people have recovered: 67 in Erbil, 23 in Garmiyan and four in Duhok. Six of the seven deaths are in Sulaimani and one in Garmiyan.
The new data brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the Kurdistan Region to 3,045. Of this, 1,217 have recovered and 82 died.
The head of the Erbil municipality, Abdul Wahid Ahmed, and his deputy have contracted the virus, Saman Barzanji told Rudaw Thursday.
Updated with newly-released virus numbers at 8:17 pm
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