A man contracted the virus after a trip to Iran, the health ministry said in a statement. He was in "good health" in a Baghdad hospital, it added.



Iraq on Wednesday banned public gatherings and barred entry by travellers from Kuwait and Bahrain because of the spread of the new coronavirus, prohibiting travel to or from a total of nine countries.



Iraq is concerned about the spread of the coronavirus from neighbouring Iran, one of the worst-hit countries outside China where the virus originated late last year.





