Customers of a convenience store have their temperature checked and are given gloves before they are allowed to enter as a precaution against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 16, 2020. Iraq announced a weeklong curfew to help fight the spread of coronavirus, late Sunday. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
March 17, 2020
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Iraq ex-governor named PM-designate as Baghdad awaits curfew
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's president Tuesday named a former governor of the city of Najaf as prime minister-designate, following weeks of political infighting, as Baghdad residents rushed to stock up on supplies hours before a days-long curfew was set to take hold amid a global pandemic.