CCHF cases rise in Nineveh

Shafaq News- Nineveh

Two young men from Mosul in Nineveh Province, northern Iraq, have tested positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a medical source at the Provincial Health Directorate revealed Thursday, raising the province's confirmed case count to seven in recent weeks.

The men, a 25-year-old from the Tal Afar district west of Mosul and a 31-year-old from the Al-Akidat area, were admitted to hospital on June 4 and June 9, respectively, with blood tests later confirming that both had contracted the virus.

Of the six cases recorded in Nineveh in recent weeks, two patients have recovered.

According to Shafaq News tracker, Iraq has recorded 147 confirmed cases of hemorrhagic fever since the start of 2026, with 74 of them concentrated in Dhi Qar province in the country's south.