Iraq | Two thousand cases of suffocation were recorded due to the dust storm that hit Iraq

Written By غالب أبوبكر on 2022/05/16

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><b>Weather of Arabia -</b> The Ministry of Health announced today, Monday, two thousand cases of suffocation due to the dust storm, indicating that most cases of suffocation are simple to moderate.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The ministry&#39;s spokesman, Saif Al-Badr, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that &quot;the health staff is mobilized with its efforts to provide health services in health departments and hospitals,&quot; noting that &quot;the ministry recorded today 2000 cases of suffocation of varying severity in various health institutions.&quot;</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Al-Badr called on citizens to “wear a mask and stay at home as much as possible, especially those who suffer from asthma and heart failure,” stressing the need to “wear protective clothing and glasses when going out.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He stressed that health institutions are fully equipped in terms of medical oxygen, medicines and medical supplies</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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