Kurdistan Region parliament in Iraq closes after COVID-19 cases
Some members and staff were found to have COVID-19 after tests as the virus spreads quickly throughout the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s parliament is closing for two weeks after some members and staff tested positive for COVID-19.
The body in the autonomous part of northern Iraq said the outbreak began when a parliament staff member caught the novel coronavirus. Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) health authorities then tested 197 parliamentarians and staff members Tuesday. The results indicated some tested positive for the virus and the parliament is now closed for two weeks, the Kurdistan parliament said in a tweet today.
There are 111 members of the Kurdistan Region’s parliament and the body instructed any members or employees who were not tested to be tested immediately.
“We ask everyone in Kurdistan to follow preventive measures, protect yourselves,” the parliament said in the tweet.
