Tolo News: Facing the threat of the omicron variant of COVID-19, officials at the Afghan-Japan hospital have raised concerns over the lack of testing kits for the omicron variant at the hospital. According to officials, dozens of COVID-19 patients in critical condition are being treated by the hospital each day, and the hospital is not
Tolo News: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched the fourth national polio immunization campaign in Afghanistan on Monday which will be synchronized with Pakistan to improve cross-border polio eradication efforts, UNICEF said in a statement. According to UNICEF, the campaign will continue from December 13 to 16. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The value of Afghan currency continues to drop against the US dollar as the country’s economy is on the verge of collapse. The price of one dollar was over 110 Afs on Sunday. The union of money exchangers of Surah-e-Shahzad said the lack of sufficient dollars available in the market is the main
Tolo News: China pledged to provide three million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Afghanistan as part of the humanitarian support for the country. Around 800,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in Kabul on Wednesday. While handing over the vaccine to the Afghan health officials in a ceremony, the Chinese Wang Yu said that around 200,000
Ariana: Officials at the Afghan-Japan hospital in Kabul on Monday warned that another surge in COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan was expected after 620 new cases were reported in the past three weeks. They said that 350 people out of the 620 have been hospitalized. According to doctors, 10 people have died of the virus in
Ariana: Doctors warned Sunday that the air pollution level in Kabul is dangerously high and that it was threatening the lives of many people. Doctors and resident’s called on government to take measures to stop people from burning fuels such as plastic and rubber and get them to rather use gas or electricity. Click here
BBC: “The maternity ward is one of the happiest wards of any hospital, but not anymore in Afghanistan,” says the obstetrician. She says that in just two weeks in September she watched five newborn babies die of starvation. “It’s like hell in here.” Click here to read more (external link).
Aamaj: The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reports that Taliban have beaten male doctors who have treated female patients. SIGAR reports that health-care services for women have significantly reduced in Afghanistan, and Taliban have ordered that female patients must be treated by female doctors. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Officials and residents of Kabul on Tuesday complained about the lack of medicine in Kabul’s pharmacies, saying many pharmaceutical companies have recently stopped operating, and importing medicine is difficult. Click here to read more (external link). Related WHO calls for $378 million to prevent collapse of health centers
8am: Dr. Syed Jaffar Hussain, the representative of WHO in Iran, said on Sunday that four million Afghan refugees in Iran had received the COVID-19 vaccine, Iran’s state news agency reported. Click here to read more (external link).