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The WHO on Monday flagged a batch of contaminated common cold syrup in Iraq manufactured by an Indian company.
In 2022, at least 212 people were infected while 27 died, according to ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr.
The cholera outbreak in Iraq was first officially reported earlier this month, with Kirkuk province, where Tuesday's death was recorded, accounting for one of 13 confirmed cases at that time.
A cholera outbreak in Iraq has infected at least 13 people and scores more suspected cases have been sent for analysis
Dhi Qar is a rural southern province known for rearing cattle, sheep and goats, all of which are potential carriers of the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, also known as Congo fever.
Iraq has been sent over a million Covid-19 vaccines by Covax, amid fears that the country could soon face a deadly fourth wave of the pandemic.
Last week, the United States marked over 110 million doses donated and shipped around the world.
Vaccination rates in Iraq are 'very low', health committee member Jawad Al-Moussawi told °®Âþµº's Arabic-language sister site.
Much of the 40-million-strong population remains sceptical of vaccines, with only 1.3 million having been inoculated, the health ministry says.
The UN and the Syrian regime's health ministry have said the source of the outbreak is believed to be linked to people drinking unsafe water from the Euphrates River and using contaminated water to irrigate crops, resulting in food contamination.