(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 25 - The toll of the fire in the Covid hospital in Baghdad is further worsening: according to the Iraqi authorities, at least 82 people died in the stake and 110 were injured.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi has meanwhile announced that he has suspended Health Minister Hassan al-Tamimi from his duties, who will be questioned as part of the investigation into the fire that killed at least 82 people in a Baghdad hospital for Covid patients. The governor of Baghdad, Mohammed Jaber, who had asked "the Ministry of Health for a commission of inquiry" on the tragedy, as well as the head of Health for Eastern Baghdad, will also be heard. "The results of this investigation will be presented to the government within five days," according to a statement from Kazimi's office. (HANDLE).