Lockdown measures to contain the spread of coronavirus in the Kurdistan Region are to be extended until April 10, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) interior minister Reber Ahmed told a press conference in Erbil on Tuesday.

Kurdish health authorities earlier confirmed 12 new COVID-19 cases, including six in Halabja, five in Sulaimani, and one in Erbil.

This brings the total number of the cases across the Kurdistan Region to 162. Two people have died and 57 have recovered.