Xinhua
18 Mar 2021, 23:14 GMT+10
BAGHDAD, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Thursday 5,443 new coronavirus cases, raising the total nationwide infections to 779,458.
It also reported 36 new deaths, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 13,896, while the total recoveries in Iraq climbed by 3,892 to 702,667.
A total of 7,540,606 tests have been carried out across the country since the outbreak of the disease in February 2020, with 42,246 done during the day.
Meanwhile, member of the ministry's media office, Kamel Haider, said in a press release that COVID-19 vaccines were carefully tested through a lot of researches and clinical trials, and the "Chinese vaccines are among the safest vaccines so far."
"The Chinese vaccines are made in the traditional method," Haider said, adding that there is no need for citizens to fear such vaccines.
Iraq has taken a series of measures to curb the recent rise in infections after the health ministry announced on Feb. 15 the detection of a new strain characterized by faster transmission and a higher level of severity.
On March 2, Iraq received a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government to help combat the pandemic.
The Iraqi National Board for Selection of Drugs has approved the emergency use of the Sinopharm vaccines, in addition to AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Sputnik V vaccines.
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