Doctors and the Ministry of Public Health have rejected reports that contracting Covid-19 once and receiving a single vaccine dose prevent the infection for the rest of life. Both health experts and MoPH say such claims have no…
Pajhwok's findings show Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS), despite receiving 142 million afghanis, did not exempt consumers from paying electricity bills who were placed in the exemption category by the government. The governor of Kabul on May 28,…
The municipality of capital Kabul has extended restrictions on wedding halls to prevent coronavirus spread while Pajhwok Afghan News findings show the halls secretly conduct wedding parties. Two days back, Kabul Municipality in a statement said, “Wedding halls…
The Ministry of Public Health on Friday said it registered 1122 new Covid-19 cases, 49 deaths and 717 recoveries from the infection during the last 24 hours. A total of 3226 tests were conducted since yesterday and the…
At least 1,198 new Covid-19 cases and 89 deaths from the virus have been recorded in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday. The ministry said 3,528 tests were conducted across…
Health experts say that the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the country would end in the next two weeks considering reducing number of virus cases and deaths while the Ministry of Public Health still warns about the…
Afghanistan’s exports in the first quarter of the current fiscal year have declined by 1.7 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year, says the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA). On the other hand, imports…
Residents of northern Jawzjan province complain about high prices of compressed oxygen while doctors in the Covid-19 Response Center in the provincial capital are concerned about shortage of the element and warn of a possible disaster if people…
The Ministry of Public Health on Friday announced registering 1309 new Covid-19 cases and 59 deaths from the infection during the last 24 hours. The ministry in a statement said 4854 tests were carried out since yesterday and…
Over 1,530 positive coronavirus cases registered while 71 persons died from the respiratory disease in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Friday. As many as 4,540 suspected cases brought to the different…
At least 2,202 new Covid-19 cases and 73 deaths from the virus have been recorded in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday. The ministry said 5,499 tests were conducted across…
A fifty bed Covid-19 hospital inaugurated in southeastern Paktia province on Friday, an official said. The facility was launched by Assistant Governor Abdul Wali Sahi. Public Department Director Raees Khan Ahmadzai and local elders were present on the…
A new Covid-19 ‘Afghan Indonesia Friendship’ hospital has been opened in capital Kabul, a statement from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said. The hospital was opened in the Ahmad Shah Baba Mena on Thursday. After Afghan-Japan, Mohammad…
More than 100 people at the US Embassy in Kabul have Covid-19, one person has died, and several have been medically evacuated as a wave of the deadly pandemic hits Afghanistan and the US military withdrawal from the…
A survey shows 60 percent of Afghanistan population had difficulty meeting economic needs during Covid-19 pandemic, 82 percent are forced to be on diet and borrow money and more than 50 percent are dissatisfied with medical, ambulances services…
According to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), nearly 5,000 people under the age of 19 years have been infected with Covid-19 since its outbreak in Afghanistan and 16 of the age group have lost their lives. Based…
Five coronavirus patients have died due to the shortage of oxygen in central Parwan province, an official said on Saturday. Abdul Hameed Alami Zhakfur, head of the coronavirus rehabilitation centre, told Pajhwok Afghan News that five patients died…
All private and public schools, universities, madaris and educational centers have been closed for two weeks in western Herat province due to increasing Covid-19 infections and deaths, officials said on Saturday. Deputy Governor, Noor Ahmad Haidari, told…
As rumored on social media, the efficiency of eyeglasses for protection against Covid-19 infection has not been proven, health experts say. Some people wear glasses for adjusting their eye vision but some others mostly youths use glasses for…
Over 1,000 persons have contracted coronavirus in the past 24 hours nation-wide taking the total tally to 88,740.
Nearly 11,000 people tested positive for coronavirus in the past one week and 344 people died, according to official statistics from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) In the past 24 hours 1,822 persons contracted coronavirus while 56…
The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday (MoPH) said it has run out of Covid-19 vaccine and has stopped the vaccination process in the country. A statement from MoPH received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that all vaccine…
A man in northern Jawzjan province, who has treated hundreds of different diseases through herbs, claims having a remedy to cure Covid-19 patients. The herbal medicine is handed to dozens of people daily, he says. But doctors say…
Medical experts say controlling the spread of Covid-19 is impossible by closing only educational centers and there is need for closure of some other public places in Kabul and other major cities. Following a surge in Covid-19 cases,…
