Shafaq News- Najaf
At least 65suffocation cases were recorded in Najaf province, southern Iraq, following apowerful dust storm that swept across the province and several other Iraqicities, a local official stated on Monday.
In a statement,Najaf Health Directorate chief Abdullah Al-Ghazali said hospitals and healthinstitutions had been placed on full alert, while emergency ambulance teamswere instructed to equip vehicles with oxygen supplies and essential medicalequipment to ensure rapid response to suffocation cases linked to the duststorm.
He also urgedresidents, particularly the elderly and people with respiratory illnesses, toavoid going outside unless necessary and to wear face masks.
Earlier today, adust storm swept across western Iraq and spread heavily through Al-Anbarprovince before reaching Babil and the capital, Baghdad.