MOH: PCR tests taken for all arrivals to Babylon International Festival

INA - BAGHDAD 

Ministry of Health announced on Monday, its preparations for Babel International Festival, which is expected to start on Thursday.

“All measures are taken by the ministry in terms of social and physical distancing, wearing masks, and not gathering,” said the director of public health in the ministry, Riyad Abdul-Amir Al-Halfi, to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

He added, "The PCR tests were checked for those coming to the festival," pointing out that there are health teams working in coordination with the health directorates at the Babel International Festival.

The province of Babylon announced the completion of preparations before the launch of the fifteenth Babylon Festival, while noting that the reconstruction of the ancient city was carried out according to archaeological standards and with the approval of international organizations.