Iraq, fire in covid hospital: death toll worsens

The death toll of the tragic fire that broke out yesterday in a Covid patient ward of the Al-Hussein hospital in Nassiriya, Iraq, continues to worsen. In fact, the new bulletin confirmed by the spokesman for the Health Department Dhi Qar, the province in which Nassiriya is located, speaks of at least 58 deaths. According to spokesman Ammar Bashar, 63 patients were hospitalized in the ward. Nasiriyah News Network instead reported 60 bodies transported to the forensic department, 30 of which have not yet been identified. Here dozens of people search for news of their loved ones. The authorities have not yet provided information on the causes of the fire, which according to witnesses was caused by the explosion of an oxygen cylinder. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi suspended the head of the health department of Dhi Qar, the medical director of the hospital and the head of civil protection.