Iraq's Kurdish region issues arrest warrants over funeral linked to surge in COVID-19 cases
Two banned funeral services held in Erbil in March have led to at least 72 coronavirus infections.
Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government will prosecute the organizers of a prohibited funeral service that infected dozens of people with the coronavirus in the Kurdish region of Iraq, officials told a local news organization.
“Arrest warrants have been issued for five people who organized a mourning ceremony on March 21 which led to the infection" of a number of people with COVID-19, a spokesperson for Erbil's crisis task force told Rudaw.
