Factors Contributing to the Containment of the COVID-19 in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Abstract

A highly contagious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The virus primarily affects the respiratory system of human beings and results in the symptoms of headache, fever, dry cough, sore throat, shortness of breath and fatigue with abnormal chest computed tomography (CT) scan. In some cases, nasal sputum discharge and diarrhea have been also reported. Up to the 26th of April 2020, more than three million laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded worldwide with more than 220,000 confirmed deaths. In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the first case of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 was recorded in March 1st, 2020 in Sulaymaniyah province. 

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Sabir D, Sidiq K, Abdullah H, Ali S, Khwarahm N. Factors Contributing to the Containment of the COVID-19 in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Front Emerg Med. 2020;4(2s):e47.

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