Coronavirus cases in the Kurdistan Region are declining: health ministry
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The number of coronavirus cases in the Kurdistan Region is slowly declining, said the health ministry spokesperson on Thursday, urging people to get vaccinated.
Aso Hawezy dismissed claims that the Region is entering the high-risk red level as “rumors” in a Facebook post, noting that the number of infected has declined recently.
Hawezy urged the public to comply with health regulations and get vaccinated, saying otherwise “the severe cases will not lessen and the death rate will remain high.”
The Kurdistan Region is seeing a third wave of the coronavirus, recording over a thousand cases daily in the past weeks as the new Delta variant spreads. Health officials have previously warned of the severity of the current spike.
The recent surge in infections has contributed to an increased demand for vaccines, especially Pfizer, which was initially only administered in central hospitals, but has since become more widely available.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) health ministry decided last week to open more coronavirus vaccination centers and increase working hours to accelerate the process.
The ministry’s vaccine rollout program has a registration platform open to the general public, but it prioritizes the elderly, people with chronic diseases, and health workers. They have also dedicated two days for specific sectors: public servants can get vaccinated on Saturdays and teachers on Tuesdays, as the new academic year approaches.
There are at least 135 vaccination centers in the Kurdistan Region.
The Kurdistan Region recorded 1,823 new cases of the virus, 2,235 recoveries, and 25 deaths on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases up to 275,134 and total deaths to 5,144.
Aso Hawezy dismissed claims that the Region is entering the high-risk red level as “rumors” in a Facebook post, noting that the number of infected has declined recently.
Hawezy urged the public to comply with health regulations and get vaccinated, saying otherwise “the severe cases will not lessen and the death rate will remain high.”
The Kurdistan Region is seeing a third wave of the coronavirus, recording over a thousand cases daily in the past weeks as the new Delta variant spreads. Health officials have previously warned of the severity of the current spike.
The recent surge in infections has contributed to an increased demand for vaccines, especially Pfizer, which was initially only administered in central hospitals, but has since become more widely available.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) health ministry decided last week to open more coronavirus vaccination centers and increase working hours to accelerate the process.
The ministry’s vaccine rollout program has a registration platform open to the general public, but it prioritizes the elderly, people with chronic diseases, and health workers. They have also dedicated two days for specific sectors: public servants can get vaccinated on Saturdays and teachers on Tuesdays, as the new academic year approaches.
There are at least 135 vaccination centers in the Kurdistan Region.
The Kurdistan Region recorded 1,823 new cases of the virus, 2,235 recoveries, and 25 deaths on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases up to 275,134 and total deaths to 5,144.