Shafaq News / The Directorate of Public Health in the independent district of "Rabin" in Kurdistan Region announced on Monday the results of laboratory tests for 12 suspected persons infected with the emerging corona virus, including high-ranking government officials.

The administration said in a statement today that "within the framework of the efforts made to limit the spread of Corona virus in the administrative borders of the region by conducting the necessary tests, samples were taken of a number of high-ranking government officials and citizens."

The statement pointed out that the total of those who underwent laboratory tests were 12 people and their results showed negative, meaning that they are not carriers of the virus.