Iraq News
7/8/2020
Xinhua : Iraq faces long battle against COVID-19, as daily cases hike to 2,741
An Iraqi official said Wednesday that Iraq is facing a long battle against the coronavirus pandemic, as the Health Ministry recorded 2,741 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in single day since the outbreak of the disease.
"The battle against the virus is long, as Iraq has entered the stage of the outbreak of the disease despite that all necessary measures have been taken, but this stage requires new preparations," Hassan Khalatti, member of the parliamentary health committee, said in a statement.
The Health Ministry pursued a good plan when it increased the number of beds in hospitals and established more quarantine centers, he said, adding that the ministry still needs to take into consideration providing more medical supplies.
7/8/2020
BBC : Leading Iraqi security expert shot dead in Baghdad
7/8/2020
AP : Iran-backed militia says PM's actions could bring escalation
7/8/2020
Kurdistan24 : Kurdistan announces 294 new infections, 11 deaths in 24 hours
7/6/2020
Iraq-businessnews : Iraq sees 600% rise in COVID-19 cases in June
Afghanistan News
7/8/2020
KP : 22 Taliban militants killed, wounded on Kabul-Jalalabad highway
7/8/2020
Afghanistantimes : ‘Taliban truck bomb’ kills three in Kandahar
7/8/2020
Afghanistantimes : Gunmen kill six members of a family in Paktika
7/8/2020
Afghanistantimes : Freed Taliban prisoner kills govt. employees in Takhar
7/6/2020
Afghanistantimes : Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan jump past 33k
Iraq
Period
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
2003
0
0
92
80
42
36
49
43
33
47
110
48
580
2004
52
23
52
140
84
50
58
75
87
68
141
76
906
2005
127
60
39
52
88
83
58
85
52
99
86
68
897
2006
64
58
34
82
79
63
46
66
77
111
78
115
873
2007
86
85
82
117
131
108
89
88
70
40
40
25
961
2008
40
30
40
52
21
31
13
23
25
14
17
16
322
2009
16
18
9
19
25
15
8
7
10
8
11
3
149
2010
6
6
7
8
6
8
4
3
7
3
2
2
62
2011
7
3
3
11
2
15
6
0
4
4
2
1
58
2012
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2014
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
4
2015
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
2
1
1
0
10
2016
2
0
2
3
3
0
1
1
3
0
5
0
20
2017
4
1
3
3
1
0
0
5
1
1
2
3
24
2018
2
1
8
2
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
18
2019
3
0
2
3
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
12
2020
1
0
6
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Afghanistan
Period
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
2001
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
4
12
2002
10
13
15
10
1
3
0
3
1
5
1
8
70
2003
4
7
12
2
3
7
2
4
2
6
8
1
58
2004
11
2
3
3
9
5
2
4
4
8
7
2
60
2005
2
3
6
19
4
29
2
33
12
10
7
4
131
2006
1
17
13
5
17
22
19
29
38
17
9
4
191
2007
2
18
10
20
25
24
29
34
24
15
22
9
232
2008
14
7
20
14
23
46
30
46
37
19
12
27
295
2009
25
25
28
14
27
38
76
77
70
74
32
35
521
2010
43
53
39
34
51
103
88
79
57
64
58
41
710
2011
31
38
38
51
56
66
53
82
53
42
27
26
563
2012
35
24
39
40
45
39
46
52
27
24
17
14
402
2013
8
1
17
16
26
27
14
13
13
10
4
13
162
2014
7
10
3
10
4
12
9
5
6
2
3
4
75
2015
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
3
3
10
0
6
26
2016
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
3
4
1
15
2017
0
0
1
3
0
3
1
3
2
1
2
1
17
2018
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
2
2
5
2
19
2019
2
0
2
4
1
3
5
3
3
0
2
1
26
2020
4
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
9
