Food Security in Iraq - Impact of Covid-19, June - August 2020

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continued to rise in Iraq; as of 31 August, there were 231,177 reported cases, a caseload that is almost five times that of 30 June, with 6,959 fatalities. Movement restrictions to contain the virus continued to have a cascading impact on livelihoods, particularly those of casual laborers and low-income workers, endangering small and medium-sized businesses, including those operating in the food and agriculture sector.