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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The government of France’s most populous region donated 100,000 face masks to the Kurdistan Region’s health ministry on Tuesday as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across Iraq.
The French consulate general said in a Facebook post on Monday that medical aid arrived in Erbil from France, adding that the aid was promised by the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian when he visited Iraq and Kurdistan Region on July 16.
The following day, the consulate said in another post that, “This morning, 100,000 face masks were handed over to [Kurdistan Region’s] health minister [Saman Barzanji], under the name of Ile-de-France Region, to help the Kurdistan Regional Government’s health workers.”
It added that the French region will continue helping the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) combat the virus.
The KRG’s health ministry thanked the French region for the aid in a Facebook post, calling on the international community to help his government curb the spread of the virus.
The pandemic is quickly spreading in the Kurdistan Region, where efforts to combat the virus are hampered by an economic crisis. The KRG cannot pay its civil servants, including health workers, on time and in full. This has caused several strikes among health workers in Sulaimani province.
The KRG’s health ministry recorded 302 new cases of coronavirus, as well as 225 recoveries and eight deaths on Tuesday. The new data brings the total number of cases to 12,937. Of this, 8,781 have recovered and 504 have died.
The French consulate general said in a Facebook post on Monday that medical aid arrived in Erbil from France, adding that the aid was promised by the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian when he visited Iraq and Kurdistan Region on July 16.
The following day, the consulate said in another post that, “This morning, 100,000 face masks were handed over to [Kurdistan Region’s] health minister [Saman Barzanji], under the name of Ile-de-France Region, to help the Kurdistan Regional Government’s health workers.”
It added that the French region will continue helping the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) combat the virus.
The KRG’s health ministry thanked the French region for the aid in a Facebook post, calling on the international community to help his government curb the spread of the virus.
The pandemic is quickly spreading in the Kurdistan Region, where efforts to combat the virus are hampered by an economic crisis. The KRG cannot pay its civil servants, including health workers, on time and in full. This has caused several strikes among health workers in Sulaimani province.
The KRG’s health ministry recorded 302 new cases of coronavirus, as well as 225 recoveries and eight deaths on Tuesday. The new data brings the total number of cases to 12,937. Of this, 8,781 have recovered and 504 have died.
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