Iraqis rally to help needy families as virus hits, economy falters

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As Iraq imposed a countrywide lockdown to counter the spread of Covid-19, the country's private-sector economy has come to a grinding halt overnight

People walk in a nearly empty street during a curfew to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. in Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2020.

In a bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, authorities have imposed a countrywide lockdown, ordering schools and most shops shut. Using donations to buy essentials, like lentils, beans, rice and sugar, they pack supplies in plastic bags, talk their way through checkpoints and distribute them across the city.Mustafa Issa, a 31-year-old Iraqi Shia Muslim who helps distribute food to more than 450 families, told AFP he felt bound by a religious duty to help.

"One woman walked halfway across the city to ask for help at another mosque so no one from her own neighbourhood would recognise her," Issa said.

 

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