Shafaq News/ The Municipality of Baghdad announced in a statement received by Shafaq news agency, today Friday, the demise of the deputy general manager of Adhamiyah municipality, Adnan Ahmad, after losing the battle to Covid-19.
The director of Al-Zahraa Teaching Hospital, the Covid-19 center in Baghdad, Abbas Al-Husseini, had revealed yesterday, that the virus may have evolved, leading to a rise in the fatality rate.
Al-Husseini said, in a statement to Shafaq News angency, that, "the rate of critical Covid-19 cases is drastically increasing, leading to a surge in mortality rate. This development is novel, and requires further studies", adding that, "many cases were severe enough to cause mortality even shortly after contracting the virus, which implies that the virus has evolved".
"we are beyond the containment phase. The virus has already spread in Baghdad and other provinces. This is attributed to the violation of the curfew, as the citizens did not properly adhere to the preventive precautions", Al-Husseini continued.