Iraq death 'not confirmed as Covid-19'
International Desk Published: 4 March 2020, 07:53 PM
Iraq's health ministry says the person reported to have died of Covid-19 in the Kurdistan region "was not confirmed to have had the coronavirus", local media report.
Domestic media outlets had earlier reported that a 70-year-old man was the first fatality linked to the virus in the country.
Source: BBC
