President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has stressed over the need to prepare well for the 2nd wave of covid19 that may hit the country, a statement said on Wednesday. The president said this during a meeting on Covid19 emergency…
Health officials in western Herat province say 53 Covid-19 patients died of the infection in two hospitals during the past two weeks. Public Health Department spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the 53 coronavirus patients…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said 256 new positive Covid-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours in the country, taking the overall tally 49,740. The ministry in a statement said 37 cases were detected…
Over 210 new positive coronavirus cases registered in the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Monday. As many as 1,412 suspected samples brought to different laboratories nationwide in the past…
Covid-19 infections have crossed the 72 million mark, with 50 million people having recovered from the pandemic, news reports say. The coronavirus was first reported in the Wuhan city of China. Later on, the disease spread to 210…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday said 321 new positive Covid-19 cases were detected in the past 24 hours in the country. The ministry said 1,655 people underwent tests during the past 24 hours and the virus…
Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide have exceeded 71 million, with over 1.5 million fatalities and more than 45 million recoveries, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the US has surpassed 15 million,…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday said 177 more people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in the past 24 hour in the country. The ministry in a statement said 2,247 people underwent tests during the past 24 hours…
A social media report about the deaths of Afghan refugees in Iran after being given coronavirus vaccine is false, Pajhwok Afghan News learned on Tuesday. The report was published on November 23 in a Facebook page “The Voice…
The global tally of positive Covid-19 cases has reached 68 million, with the United States alone recording 15 million cases. The virus, which surfaced about a year back in China’s Wuhan province, rapidly spread to around 210 countries…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said 230 more people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in the past 24 hour in the country. The ministry in a statement said 1,654 people underwent tests during the past 24 hours…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said 232 new positive Covid-19 cases and 27 deaths from the virus were recorded since yesterday in the country. The ministry said 1,350 people underwent tests during the past 24…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said 260 new positive Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours that saw 10 people losing battle for life to the infection. The ministry said 1,495 people underwent…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said 253 new positive Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours that saw 18 people losing battle for life to the infection. The ministry said 1,400 people…
More than 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to Covid-19 with one death reported every nine seconds on a weekly average, as vaccinations are set to begin in December in a handful of developed nations, a…
Afghanistan registered 132 new positive coronavirus cases on Friday taking the total national tally to 47,388, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said in a statement. Of the fresh cases, 16 positive cases registered in Kabul, six in…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that coronavirus has exacerbated existing gaps and inequalities across the developed and developing nations. Addressing special session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in response to the coronnavirus disease, the president…
Health officials in western Herat province on Thursday warned against surge in the number of positive coronavirus cases and deaths. Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, spokesperson for the Public Health Department, said if residents continued to ignore precautionary health…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday said 276 new positive Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours that saw 19 people dying from the infection. The ministry said 2,379 people underwent tests during the…
A number of ghost workers have been recruited in the Covid-19 hospital in northern Kunduz province and some posts advertised against the law, a claim rejected by the provincial Public Health Department. Kunduz Covid-19 hospital administrative head Nasim…
KABUL Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said 219 new positive Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours that saw 21 people dying from the infection. The ministry said 1,650 people underwent tests during the past…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients can help treat infected patients, but the problem is most of the survivors avoid donating blood. However, a Pajhwok Afghan News survey shows over 98…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday announced forming 188 mobile teams to offer health services to coronavirus patients. The teams comprising of three persons each have been formed in Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Bamyan and…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said 121 new Covid-19 cases were detected during the last 24 hours that saw 12 people dying from the virus. The ministry said 873 people underwent tests during the past 24…
