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CCHF: Iraq's Samarra district records 2025 1st case
Shafaq News/ Samarra district in central Iraq has confirmed its first case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) for 2025, a source from the Saladin Health Directorate reported on Wednesday. The source told Shafaq News that the patient, 41-year-old Othman Thaj Madloul, tested positive after a June 10 sample was verified by the Central Public Health Laboratory in Baghdad using RT-PCR. Health teams quickly enforced isolation protocols, launched contact tracing, and initiated awareness campaigns in high-risk areas.
Shafaq News
14-05-2025
- Health
- Shafaq News
CCHF toll climbs in Iraq with new case
Shafaq News/ Health authorities in Iraq have confirmed new infections of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), including the country's first fatality from the disease this year in Dhi Qar province. A medical source in Dhi Qar told Shafaq News that the death involved a woman in her sixties from Al-Rifai district, north of the provincial capital. 'She had been experiencing symptoms consistent with hemorrhagic fever and was receiving treatment, but her condition failed to improve,' the source said. In Nineveh, health authorities confirmed a new infection in a 27-year-old man from the Qayyarah subdistrict, south of Mosul. According to a source in the Nineveh Health Directorate, the Central Public Health Laboratory in Baghdad confirmed the diagnosis on Wednesday. The patient was transferred to Al-Shifa Specialized Hospital to undergo the Ministry of Health's treatment protocols and remains under strict medical observation, the source added. The new case raises Nineveh's total to four confirmed infections since April 30, when the province reported its first case of the year. According to the same official, three previous patients have fully recovered and were discharged after completing medical evaluations. CCHF since the beginning of 2025, including 9 fatalities.
