The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has shot up to 50,230, shows data from the Coronavirus Resource Centre at Johns Hopkins University. A million people have been infected around the world while 204,605 have recovered from…
KABUL (MoPH) said on Tuesday. MoPH spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said on 60 tests, four were positive -- two from Kandahar and one each from Daikundi and Nimroz provinces. At least 29 new positive cases have been detected in Herat, Kandahar,…
Local health officials on Thursday said a woman with signs of coronavirus died in the capital of western Herat province. Dr. Arif Jalali, head of Herat Zonal Hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the 50 years old…
A presidential decree issued on Tuesday directed the authorities to release female prisoners and take measures for protection of male prisoners above 60 years of age or those suffering from incurable diseases from coronavirus. The first article of…
KABUL should agree with the advice of Uelma and announce ceasefire for prevention of cornoaviurs spread. Islamic scholars during a meeting in Kabul on Sunday asked the government and the Taliban to create a joint commission on controlling coronavirus and…
KABUL in the past 24 hours. Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz told reporters here 97 suspected cases had been tested in the past 24 hours in which 10 were positive. Of the recent positive coronavirus cases, two were in capital…
Local health officials say they have launched a search for finding suspected coronavirus or COVID-19 cases in people in western Herat province. Dr. Amir Nijad, in charge of national diseases response in the western zone of the…
The government has allocated one million US dollars as an emergency fund to fight coronavirus. Last week, leaders of SAARC countries during a video conference demanded the creation of a COVID-19 Emergency Fund. Presidential Spokesman SediqSediqi tweeted that…
Braving security checks and coronavirus fears, thousands of people celebrated the New Persian 1399 in northern Samangan province despite police warning. The Afghan government recently announced scrapping Nawruz celebrations over risk of coronavirus spread. The government also asked…
KABUL Institutions Union (CSIU) on Saturday distributed masks, gloves and informative broachers to police officials inb the 15th security district of capital Kabul to combat coronavirus spread. CSIU last week distributed similar things to officers of the 11th police district…
KABUL, taking the number of patients to 21. Wahid Malyar, spokesman for the ministry, told Pajhwok Afghan News two each of the new cases surfaced in Herat and Logar and one in Badghis. He said the number of such cases…
KABUL, taking the number of patients to 16. Wahid Malyar, spokesman for the ministry, told Pajhwok Afghan News four of the new cases had surfaced in Herat and one in Daikundi. He said the number of such cases had reached…
A 100-bed special hospital to respond to coronavirus cases was inaugurated in western Herat province on Saturday, officials said. Abdul Hakim Tamanna, provincial public health director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that hospital currently has the capacity of…
KABUL, An official of the ministry told Pajhwok Afghan News five positive of 120 suspected individuals had tested positive for coronavirus so far. He said the patients were currently under treatment at Herat and Samangan hospitals. sa/mud
KABUL. Nizamuddin Jalil, MoPH spokesman, said the suspected samples had been brought to the central lab from Kabul, Ghazni, Samangan, Maidan Wardak, Nangarhar and Jawzjan proivnces. He said all the samples had been tested negative. Jalili said 125 samples…
KABUL, due the fear of Coronavirus outbreak. Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said this while addressing reporters on his ministry’s performance here. “Due to the fear of Coronavirus outbreak, people should avoid participating in festivals and gatherings,” said Feroz. He expressed…
KABUL (MoPH) on Tuesday said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will provide 50,000 kits for test coronavirus. MoPH spokesman Wahidullah Mayar told Pajhwok Afghan News the UAE government would give Afghanistan about 50,000 kits in aid to test coronavirus. The…
At least 35 suspected cases of coronavirus have been registered including one positive in western Herat province, an official said on Saturday. Dr. Asif Kabir, deputy director of the provincial Public Health Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL (MoPH) on Thursday said only one positive coronavirus case has been found among 30 suspected cases sent to the central laboratory from some provinces. The ministry in a statement said 15 suspected coronavirus cases were sent to the…
KABUL or visiting Madina and tourists traveling from countries where the coronavirus infected people. "Suspending entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque temporarily", Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a statement. The new…
Public health province on Tuesday reported a suspected coronavirus case and if confirmed, it would be the second such patient in the country. This comes as many people died of the virus in Iran and one positive case…
KABUL (MoPH) to adopt precautionary measures at border with Iran. Jawed Faisal, NSC spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the special committee held its maiden meeting late Monday. Passengers’ travel to and from Iran, work of ministries in this regard,…
KABUL, bordering Iran, where eight people have lost their lives to the illness. The first reported case in Afghanistan was announced by Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz at a news press conference in Kabul. He also announced a state…
KABUL Organisation's declaration of a global emergency over the spreading coronavirus,the United States told its citizens on Friday not to travel to China. Chinese authorities on Friday increased the toll to 213 dead and nearly 10,000 infections, with the State…
