Tehran University of Medical Sciences Frontiers in Emergency Medicine 2717-3593 4 2s 2020 05 18 e47 e47 Dana Sabir Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Charmo University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Karzan Sidiq Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Charmo University, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Hadi Abdullah Department of Internal Medicine, Shar & FMC Hospitals, Slemani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Shakhawan Ali Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Nabaz Khwarahm Department of Biology, College of Education, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq 2020 05 17 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.  https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/view/438 https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/download/438/300