Panel Study: Impact of COVID-19 on Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Iraq - Main Findings | IOM

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As of 4 March 2021, 708,951 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 13,483 deaths had been reported in Iraq, a fatality rate of 2.1 per cent.1 The initial measures that the government of Iraq took one year ago in March 2020 to curb the spread of the pandemic —including lockdowns or curfews, school closures, and restrictions on travel into and within the country—have been relaxed in certain locations, producing some level of economic recovery by the end of 2020.