JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A screening center is being established in Torkham town to prevent infectious diseases from entering Afghanistan from Pakistan, the Public Health Department of eastern Nangarhar province says.
Nangarhar Public Health director Dr. Amir Mohammad Aftab told Pajhwok Afghan News on Tuesday that they held separate meetings with Torkham Mayor Ghazi Hamat and Commissioner Maulvi Muhammad Sadiq Khalid in order to select a place for the proposed center, he added.
According to him, Torkham Commissionerate officials marked a place for the screaning center and soon a group of engineers would be sent to the area to start initial works . . .
