Coronavirus rages in Iraq as vaccinations lag
In the stores and buses of Iraq masks are rare even as Covid-19 spreads widely, vaccines are viewed with suspicion and the sick see hospitals as a last resort.
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In the stores and buses of Iraq masks are rare even as Covid-19 spreads widely, vaccines are viewed with suspicion and the sick see hospitals as a last resort.
In the stores and buses of Iraq, masks are rare, even as COVID-19 spreads widely. Vaccines are viewed with suspicion and the sick see hospitals as a last resort. At Al-Shifaa Hospital in Baghdad, the ramifications are clear. Half of the 40 intensive care beds are occupied in the department, where irregular beeping from monitors and IV machines is constantly heard. The hospital has been turned into a COVID-19 treatment center since the start of the pandemic and can treat 175 patients. Since last month, Iraq’s 40 million people have been confronted with a fourth wave of the virus, but unlike...
Iraq's overwhelmed healthcare system remains fragile as COVID-19 continues to threaten the most vulnerable people in the country.