A man walks past a mural raising awareness about COVID-19 pandemic in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)
CAIRO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Countries in the Middle East are seeing new surge in daily COVID-19 cases amid the fast spread of the Omicron variant.
Iraq reported on Wednesday 8,107 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily count in 2022, raising the nationwide caseload to 2,175,793.
Lebanon registered 8,639 COVID-19 infections on the same day, the highest daily cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, bringing the total tally of infections to 882,783.
Israel on Tuesday reported 83,653 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily figure since the coronavirus outbreak in the country in February 2020, making the total number of infections to 2,488,924.
Turkey reported 77,434 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, raising its tally of infections to 11,167,927.
A man walks past a mural raising awareness about COVID-19 preventive measures in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 19, 2022.(Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a boy for COVID-19 test at a health center in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Jan. 25, 2022. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)
A medical worker holds the 45-day-old baby recovered from COVID-19 at the Okmeydani Prof. Cemil Tascioglu Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 12, 2020. (Xinhua)
Middle school students display their COVID-19 vaccination card in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
A man wearing a face mask walks past a wall with graffiti to create awareness on COVID-19 in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 19, 2022.(Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)■
