The Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Regional Government announced that the five infected persons who were suspected of being infected with the new strain of Coronavirus, their test results were positive and they were infected with the new strain of Coronavirus.

Dr. Aso Hweizi, the spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Ministry of Health, announced in a press statement today, Sunday, February 21, 2021, that five cases of the new strain of Coronavirus have been recorded in the Kurdistan Region.

He indicated that there are several suspected cases, but we have not made sure that they are the new strain of the virus or not, so we are conducting the necessary tests for them.