BAGHDAD (Arab News) – Iraq’s health minister announced on Tuesday that India’s mutated COVID-19 strain known as “Delta” had reached Iraq. “The mutated Indian strain “Delta” is one of the most dangerous strains, and several factors have proven its presence, including the increase in infections among young people and the high number of patients admitted into intensive care,” Iraqi health official, Jasib Al-Hajami, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA). The number of those infected with coronavirus in a critical condition increased from 300 to more than 500 cases across the country, Hajami said.