Shafaq News- Nineveh
A 30-year-old man in Iraq's Mosul has tested positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a medical source at Nineveh's Health Directorate told Shafaq News on Sunday.
The patient, a resident of Al-Zahraa neighborhood on Mosul's eastern side, was admitted to Al-Salam Teaching Hospital on October 26 with a suspected infection.
Nineveh has recorded 21 CCHF infections and one death so far in 2026, according to a Shafaq News tracker, bringing Iraq’s nationwide toll to 168 cases and 11 deaths.