Health sources in Kirkuk announced today, Thursday (May 7, 2026), that strict precautionary measures have been taken following the suspected infection of a woman in her forties with hemorrhagic fever, prompting her immediate isolation at a government hospital.
The sources explained that the patient was transferred to quarantine immediately upon suspicion of her condition, and she is being handled in accordance with epidemiological disease prevention protocols.
They noted that the patient's health condition remains unstable, while samples have been collected from her and sent to central laboratories in the capital, Baghdad, for necessary testing to accurately determine the nature of the infection.
The sources confirmed that the case is being handled based on suspicion only, and that infection has not been confirmed at this time, indicating that test results expected to be issued during the day will definitively resolve the health situation.
