Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Iraq’s Congo fever death toll rises to 27: ministry

Iraq

A total of 162 cases of haemorrhagic fever have been recorded since this year. The disease, also known as Congo fever, causes severe bleeding. People typically contract it through contact with the blood of infected animals. Iraq’s death toll from tick-borne diseases According to the most recent figures released Saturday by authorities battling an outbreak … Read more

Northern Iraq registers Congo fever death

Iraq

 Iraqi authorities said one person died on Friday, as cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever expanded to Iraq’s north, Since the beginning of the year, Iraq has recorded eight deaths from 40 cases of the ailment, also known as Congo fever, according to health ministry spokesperson Seif al-Badr. Health authorities in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, announced … Read more