RELATED: US says its embassy in Kabul battling coronavirus outbreakAs hospitals overflowed with patients, the Iraqi government announced temporary field hospitals will open throughout Baghdad, where infections are highest, to cope with the exponentially rising number of virus patients.
Iraq’s health system was already battered by years of conflict as well as poor infrastructure and lack of funds.Work to erect the field hospital in the fair grounds began Saturday, and it will eventually provide beds for 400 men and 100 women.