Afghanistan registered 472 new positive coronavirus cases and five deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Tuesday. Public Health Ministry’s Spokesperson Dr. Javed Hazeez told Pajhwok Afghan News 1,653 referred for…
Health officials in western Herat province have recorded a 61 percent surge in positive Covid-19 cases during the fourth wave of the pandemic. Dr. Ahmad AmeerNazad, head of the Public Health Department Surveillance, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has rejected a report about the closure of 33 Covid-19 hospitals. The ministry said 17 of the 38 coronavirus hospitals across the country remained open for patients.
Medical experts reject the claim circulated in the internet and social media that people with A blood group are more vulnerable to Covid-19.
Health experts reject an article that claims FavipraVir can cure Covid-19, saying that the medicine has not been proven by the World Health Organization to treat the disease. FavipraVir was produced in Japan in 2014 for the treatment…
Doctors at the Covid-19 Treatment Center in southern Kandahar province say they have not received salaries for the last six to eight months. Officials say that the center has 136 personnel who have not been paid for…
The number of people infected with the coronavirus has more than tripled in the past 20 days, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt on good authority.
Public health officials in northern Kunduz province say more than 80,000 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in the past six months in the province, which shows a 20 percent increase in vaccination compared to last year.…
Afghanistan’s coronavirus cases witnesses surge in recent days as the country registered 157 new cases in the past 24 hours, an official said on Friday. Dr. Javid Hazeez, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)on Tuesday said 88 people have been infected with coronavirus and two people died of the infection in the past 24 hours in the country. Dr.JavidHajir, a spokesman for MoPH, told Pajhwok Afghan…
One person died from Coronavirus while 39 new patients tested positive in the past 24 hours, an official said on Monday. Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr. Javid Hazeez told Pajhwok Afghan News 846 coronavirus tests had been conducted in…
Health experts say the pills developed by Merck, a US drug company, for treatment of coronavirus would be a big advance in controlling the pandemic if the drug is approved. Pharmaceutical giant Merck recently in a statement said…
Deputy minister of public health has expressed concern over non-cooperation of the international community with the Afghan health sector, urging international donors to separate politics from health and continue their assistance in the area. Addressing a news conference…
Medical equipment and medicines required for coronavirus treatment have been purchased at a higher rate for Covid-19 Treatment Centre in Ghazni province, Pajhwok Afghan News has learned reliably. In total the equipment were purchased at 2,654,502afs higher…
The global Covid-19 death toll has now surpassed 4.8 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total caseload and fatalities stand at 235,388,343 and 4,808,855, respectively, as of Tuesday…
Afghanistan recorded 19 new positive coronavirus cases and one death in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Monday. According to the ministry’s statement a total of 205 suspected cases brought to different…
Afghanistan recorded 31 new coronavirus cases and four deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Thursday. Six people tested positive in Zabul, five in Paktiak, four each in Kandahar, Nangarhar, three…
Afghanistan on Tuesday recorded 44 coronavirus cases and one death in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). Nearly 200 people went through coronavirus test during the period in which 44 were positive…
Nearly 130 people diagnosed with coronavirus in the past 24 hours nationwide, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Monday. A total 593 persons suspected patients tested during the period out of which 127 were tested positive…
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,593,164 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT (6 p.m. Philippine time) on Thursday. At…
Afghanistan recorded 126 new coronavirus cases and two deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Thursday. Ghazni province recorded the highest number 91 coronavirus cases, Herat 14, Ghazni six, Zabul, Kandahar,…
Over 100 persons tested positive and nine patients died from coronavirus in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Wednesday. During the period 315 suspected patients referred to different laboratories for…
Afghanistan recorded 103 coronavirus cases and three deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Tuesday. Over 360 suspected cases brought to different laboratories during the period in which 103 were positive…
Afghanistan registered 86 new coronavirus cases and three deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Monday. A total of 316 suspected coronavirus cases brought to different laboratories out of which 86…
