Shafaq News- Nineveh

The Nineveh Health Directorate confirmed a new case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in a 45-year-old resident of al-Qayyarah, south of Mosul, bringing the province's 2026 total to 18, a medical source told Shafaq News on Tuesday.

According to a Shafaq News tracker, Iraq has recorded 165 confirmed CCHF infections since the beginning of 2026, including 11 deaths.

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