Diyala: Diyala Governorate recorded the second death of a child due to complications from hemorrhagic fever.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, a medical source reported that a seven-year-old child from a village in Al-Azaim district, north of Baqubah, succumbed to complications from hemorrhagic fever despite receiving medical care.

The source also noted that health authorities recorded seven suspected cases of the disease in various areas of the governorate over the past week. Samples from these cases have been sent to the central laboratory in Baghdad for analysis to confirm the infection.