Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq imposes partial lockdown amid rising virus cases

The measure follows other anti-virus restrictions in recent days and the start of a vaccination campaign in the autonomous part of northern Iraq.
nurse with covid patient in Erbil
A Kurdish Iraqi nurse fills a syringe at the home of a COVID-19 patient she is treating in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Nov. 3, 2020. - SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images
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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq has instituted a partial lockdown to combat the continued spread of COVID-19. 

A ban on movement will be in effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. beginning Thursday until Tuesday. Diplomats, international military personnel, humanitarian organizations and journalists are exempt from the restrictions, the KRG said in a statement Wednesday.

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