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

Weather of Arabia - 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.

The ministry's spokesman, Saif Al-Badr, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the health staff is mobilized with its efforts to provide health services in health departments and hospitals," noting that "the ministry recorded today 2000 cases of suffocation of varying severity in various health institutions."

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.”

He stressed that health institutions are fully equipped in terms of medical oxygen, medicines and medical supplies