Ministry of Health on Monday announced 145 laboratory-confirmed cases of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) and nine deaths since the beginning of 2026, while affirming the continuation of preventive, diagnostic and treatment measures.

Health Ministry spokesman Saif Al-Badr said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the ministry is monitoring the epidemiological situation across all provinces on a daily basis through surveillance teams and health institutions, in coordination with veterinary and regulatory authorities.

Al-Badr said the epidemiological report for week 23 of 2026 recorded 40 laboratory-confirmed cases and one death. The cases were distributed as follows: Dhi Qar (21 cases), Maysan (2), Baghdad Rusafa (1), Diyala (1), Babil (1), Wasit (2), Basra (3 cases, including one death), Muthanna (6), Nineveh (1), and Salah al-Din (2).

He added that the cumulative total since the start of 2026 had reached 145 confirmed cases and nine deaths, including 74 cases and six deaths in Dhi Qar, 18 cases in Muthanna, nine in Maysan, eight cases and one death in Diyala, seven cases and one death in Babil, seven cases in Wasit, six cases and one death in Basra, three cases each in Baghdad Rusafa and Nineveh, two cases each in Karbala, Baghdad Karkh and Salah al-Din, and one case each in Diwaniyah, Kirkuk, Anbar and Najaf.