Erbil's general director of health has announced a suspected case of bleeding in the region.

Dr. Dlovan Mohammed, Erbil's general director of health, said there was a patient in Erbil who was suspected of suffering from bleeding.

He also pointed out that the suspect was a two-and-a-half-year-old child. 

"The case that is suspected of carrying the virus has come from central Iraq to the capital Erbil," he said.

hemorrhagic fever is one of the most viral diseases transmitted from animals to humans.