Type of Intervention: Advisory
Sectors Involved: Foreign Affairs, Health, Immigration
Intervention Categories: International travel measures; Repatriation of nationals
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Ministry of foreign affairs spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf
Overview: The administration of Baghdad’s international airport in collaboration with the ministry of health instructed the competent authorities at the airport to perform preventive medical examinations for people coming to Iraq from China.
The ministry of health started spreading awareness about the virus and its symptoms and started preparing plans to deal with any health emergency by creating special lobbies and trained cadres to deal with any change and providing all the required medications and medical supplies.
The ministry of foreign affairs provided a private Iraqi Airways plane supplied with medical staff to evacuate students and Iraqi citizens residing in Wuhan, and return them to Baghdad. The embassy also opened hotlines available throughout the day for the Iraqi community, and created electronic groups to ensure direct contact with them.
Full details here: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/healthmedicine/2020/1/28/إجراءات-مشددة-في-العراق-لمنع-دخول-فيروس-كورونا
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Anecdotal Evidence (e.g. social or traditional media with limited evidence base)
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government