Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – A new outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Iraq, endangering public health and livestock, triggered the government to hold continuous meetings of a committee that included local and foreign experts in an attempt to contain the disease after the number of infections rose to 377 cases.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Health mentioned that Health Minister Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi chaired a meeting of a national committee for hemorrhagic fever control, in which officials from several Iraqi ministries and the National Security Agency, as well as a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), attended, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).