Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 1, 2020 A watchdog report to the U.S. Congress has warned that Afghanistan is likely to face a health disaster in the coming months brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The April 30 report by the U.S. Special Inspector-General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has heightened concerns that the pandemic could
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health deputy minister Wahid Majroh said on Thursday that in the past 24 hours, 232 positive cases have been recorded across the country, and the country total is 2171. The number of recovered cases in the country is 260, while 64 others have died. Click here to read more
1TV: Afghanistan’s Senate referred Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz and presidential adviser Waheed Omer to prosecutors on Thursday. Members of the Senate’s complaints commission said that there is rampant corruption over coronavirus fight budget in the ministry of health and the committee to fight the virus and the officials have refused to give account to
Tolo News: Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) on Wednesday blamed the Afghan government for trying to monopolize foreign funds it receives from the international community to fight COVID-19. The IWA said that such a move will lead to further expansion of mistrust between the government and the donors. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Tolo News: The total confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Afghanistan reached 1,828 on Monday, said Wahidullah Mayar, the Ministry of Public Health’s spokesman, on Tuesday. The number of recovered cases in the country is 228, while 58 others have died. Click here to read more (external link). Related Breakdown of cases by province
1TV: President Donald Trump has told his military and national security advisers in recent days to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan amid concerns about coronavirus outbreak, NBC News reported on Monday. Trump complains almost daily that US troops are still in Afghanistan and are now vulnerable to the pandemic, the report said citing
Tolo News: The total confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Afghanistan reached 1,703 on Monday. The number of recovered cases in the country is 220 while 57 others have died. Click here to red more (external link). Related Breakdown of cases by province Live Tracker from Johns Hopkins University
By Ayaz Gul VOA News April 26, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The United States has again demanded that Afghanistan’s feuding leaders and the Taliban insurgency set internal disputes aside and cease armed violence to focus on combating the coronavirus pandemic. American peace envoy to the country, Zalmay Khalilzad, made the call Sunday through a series of tweets
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday announced that the confirmed cases of the coronavirus reached 1,463 in the country, but assured the public that the shortage of RNA extraction kits has been resolved. The total number of known deaths from COVID-19 is now 47. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Tolo News: The confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus reached 1,351 with 63 new cases reported on Friday amid a serious shortage of testing supplies and treatment equipment in the country’s health centers. In the last 24 hours, five patients recovered in Herat and four recovered in Kandahar, bringing the total number of recovered cases