The Iraqi Council of Ministries approved, on Tuesday, precautionary measures to dealing with the new strain of coronavirus .

A statement by the Media Office said the Council of Ministers took a set of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus which are:

1- using masks and keeping social distancing

2- Banning all flights from to United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Iran, Japan as well as preventing entry to arrivals from these countries except Iraqis.

3-Securing the money allocated to Pfizer to obtain the vaccine (about 15 million dollars)

4-Close social facilities (restaurants, malls, etc.) for two weeks, starting from December 24, 2020.

5-Close all land border crossings, except for emergency cases.