Ariana: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed Wahid Majroh the Acting Minister of Public Health Ministry (MoPH), the Presidential Palace confirmed. This comes as, President Ghani had fired the country’s former health minister, Ahmad Jawad Osmani, on December 31st, 2020, which raised questions over the legitimacy of President Ashraf Ghani’s move. Click here to
Ariana: Minister of Public Health Ahmad Jawad Osmani said on Thursday that cases of the new strain of Coronavirus had been detected in Pakistan and India and urged Afghans not to travel to either country for at least four weeks. He said Afghanistan’s public health ministry was working on ways to detect this variant. Click
Tolo News: The Afghan Minister of Public Health Ahmad Jawad Osmani on Thursday said that President Ashraf Ghani has asked him to step down from his post. “Yesterday the honorable president asked me to resign from my post, but I reasoned with him that there are no legal obstacles in my way to continue my
Tolo News: Ahmad Jawad Osmani, acting minister of public health, who visited the western province of Herat on Saturday said that the second wave of COVID-19 might grip the country as the weather is getting colder. Osmani said that cold weather, air pollution and seasonal diseases are among the key factors that could lead to a
Tolo News: “Ten million” Afghans have been infected with coronavirus in Afghanistan, said Ahmad Jawad Osmani, the acting health minister, on Wednesday, citing a recent survey. Osmani at a press conference said that 31.5% Afghans have been infected with the coronavirus, which is about 10 million people, adding that 37% of the infected people were
1TV: At least 3,451 healthcare workers are believed to have been infected with COVID-19 in Afghanistan, authorities said on Thursday. The disease has killed 56 healthcare staff in the country, according to the Public Health Ministry. Minister Ahmad Javad Osmani said that the country is still suffering from coronavirus crisis and urged people to wear
Ariana: According to the Ministry of Health, although the number of registrations of Coronavirus patients has been declining recently, the negligence of the people in dealing with it and the non-observance of the health points of this ministry are worrying. “The Coronavirus is not over. Although it has decreased, if we do not pay attention,
1TV: Coronavirus positivity rate has declined to 30-40 percent in Afghanistan, the country’s acting public health minister said on Thursday. Ahmad Javad Osmani told reporters that 60 to70 percent of samples that were tested daily were coming back as positive over the past 45 to 60 days, but now that has declined to 30 to
1TV: Afghanistan’s acting health minister said on Sunday that coronavirus infection rate was declining in the country. This comes as acting minister Ahmad Javad Osmani, two days ago, had said that coronavirus infection will be at its peak over the next two months in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related 409 New
Tolo News: Dr. Ahmad Jawad Osmani on Thursday was introduced as the acting minister of public health and he said in a press conference that he would bring reforms to the health sector. On May 31, President Ashraf Ghani appointed Dr. Osmani as the acting minister of public health, replacing Ferozuddin Feroz, who had served