Tolo News: 106 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, said Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz, bringing the total to 1,281. So far 42 people have died due to the coronavirus and 180 others have recovered, according to the Health Ministry. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: 84 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, said Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Health Ministry. So far 40 people have died due to the coronavirus and 166 others have recovered, according to the Health Ministry. Click here to read more (external link). Related Live Tracker from
Press TV April 21, 2020 US officials have reportedly expressed concern about a possible failure of Washington’s bid to end its war in Afghanistan if Taliban and government prisoners die of coronavirus infection before being swapped as outlined under a US-Taliban deal. Four sources familiar with the matter said that if Taliban and government prisoners
Ariana: The spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health said that 66 new cases had been registered in the past 24 hours, including 52 in Kabul, five in Laghman, four in Nangarhar and one in Paktia. On the other hand, Arg says that President Ashraf and the first lady, Rula Ghani, have tested negative for
Tolo News: 30 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total cases to 1,026, said Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Health Ministry. The 30 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in Kabul (15), Herat (6), Laghman (4), Kunar (4) and Nangarhar (1) in the past 24
Ariana: The positive cases of Coronavirus have jumped to 996 in Afghanistan, the Public Health Ministry confirms. Addressing a conference in Kabul, Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said that the cases have been registered in the following order: Kabul 31, Balkh 16, Kunar 6, Herat 4, Baghlan 3, Faryab 1, Laghman 1 and Jowzjan 1
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 27 new cases of the coronavirus in the country, bringing the total to 933. Fear is increasing over the lack of testing kits and other health supplies in various provinces including Kabul and Herat, which have the highest number of COVID-19 patients. The Public Health
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 17, 2020 Najibeh Gholami was already doing a medical internship at Mashhad’s Imam Reza Hospital in February when the coronavirus pandemic reached that home of one of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest shrines. An Afghan physician-in-training in her mid-20s, she quickly volunteered to help tend to COVID-19 patients in that northeastern Iranian
Michael Hughes: It is hard to envision the powers that be in Afghanistan – amid ongoing civil war and political disunity – devising a coherent strategy to handle the coronavirus outbreak and the concomitant economic freefall. As of April 15, Afghanistan had 784 confirmed coronavirus cases in at least 27 of the country’s 34 provinces,
Tolo News: The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) said Thursday the city’s air pollution has dropped dramatically due to the change of the seasons, and the lockdown in Kabul. Ezatullah Siddiqi, deputy head of NEPA, said they had regularly tested Kabul’s air quality over the past 16 days with mobile air quality monitors. Click here