Thousands test positive as Covid-19 rears head again

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says 6,860 people tested positive for COVID-19 during the past 50 days, with the first 17 days of August showing a higher number of inflicted people.

After emerging in the Wuhan city of China, the COVID-19 virus has spread around the globe. Hundreds of millions of people have been infected with Covid-19 and more than 6.4 million have died globally.

According to a Pajhwok report, 197,000 people have been inflicted by COVID-19 in Afghanistan while 7,600 lost their lives to the pandemic.

Corona virus hasn’t been restrained in the world yet; it still claims many lives in the world and in Afghanistan every day.

Figures of the Public Health Ministry show 6863 people got inflicted with COVID-19 during the month of July and 17 days of August and during this period 36 people died of the infection in Afghanistan.

Doctor Sahrafat Zaman, MoPH spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News a total of 26,290 suspicious cases were examined during the month of July, with 3,327 testing positive. During the month, 28 patients died from the disease.

He said during the first 17 days of August, 3536 people were tested positive for coronavirus among 18,370 suspicious cases while eight patients died from it.

Comparing figures of the last two months shows an increase in the positive cases of COVID-19.

Dr. Zaman blamed the increasing positive Covid-19 cases on people’s negligence, saying if the situation continued, the figures would be doubled until the end of August.

Zaman advised people to wash their hands repeatedly, keep social distance, use masks and should not participate in gatherings. He added that the ministry of public health will increase awareness about the disease.

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