An Iraqi police officer wears a protective face mask following the coronavirus outbreak, as he works in Babylon, Iraq February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani
BAGHDAD: Iraq has detected five new cases of coronavirus, four in Baghdad and one in Babel province, the health ministry said on Saturday, taking the total number of cases there to 13.
The patients were placed in quarantine, the ministry said in a statement. (Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
