The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Interior said that the entire Region would remain under curfew until April 1.

Federal government employees and officers working in central and southern Iraq are also not allowed to return to the Region until then, NRT reported.

In central and southern Iraq, federal health officials said that the curfew would continue until March 28 at 11:00 p.m.

In additional, federal aviation authorities said that all passenger flights would remain suspended until then.

The federal Ministry of Health also said on Sunday that there have now been 20 deaths from COVID-19, the diseases caused by coronavirus. It also said that there have been 233 confirmed coronavirus infections.

The federal Ministry of Finance also said that it would provide $50 million to buy necessary medical equipment and called on caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi’s government to suspend collection on government loans made to members of the public.

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