ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — After two judges were found to have contracted the novel coronavirus on Thursday, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) decided to shut the Erbil Court for two weeks.
"Two infections were recorded inside the Erbil court and they were both judges," Judge Ibrahim Khoshnaw, head of the Erbil Court, confirmed to Rudaw.
"Therefore court will be closed for two weeks and all employees will be quarantined," Khoshnaw added
The closure comes a day after the Kurdistan Region parliament was closed due to positive tests of employees there.
A total of 1,711 people have contracted COVID-19 in the Kurdistan Region's four provinces of Erbil, Sulaimani, Duhok and Halabja since early March. Of this number, 551 have recovered, 30 have died and 1,130 cases remain active.
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The Kurdistan Regional Government advises anyone in the Kurdistan Region displaying coronavirus symptoms to call its emergency hotline on 122. This service is available in Kurdish and Arabic 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. More information can be found on the government’s website.
