A "nose-bleed fever" has infected around 120 people in Iraq as health authorities warn of an escalating spread.
The tick-borne virus, called Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, is not new but has been spreading in the country's southern provinces at an unprecedented rate, causing severe haemorrhaging in patients.
Iraq has now recorded around 18 deaths since the beginning of 2022, but almost half of this year's cases and one-third of the deaths recorded have been in the past two weeks, which has raised the alarm over the pace of spread.
