Politics
The Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety holds a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Prime Minister (PM) Mustafa Al-Kadhimi chaired on Wednesday the meeting of the Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety. Several decisions were issued in the meeting related to the measures taken to confront the pandemic that includes banning travel to the countries in which the new strain appeared which are Britain, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain, Brazil, USA, India, Australia, Japan, South Africa and Zambia, as well as preventing entry to arrivals from them (except for Iraqis and obligating them to compulsory quarantine for a period of 14 days.), and tightening punitive measures for violators by imposing a fine not exceeding IQD5 mn or closing for a period not exceeding 90 days for shops, restaurants, malls, cafes, sports halls and event halls that violate health instructions to confront the pandemic.