Over 90 health workers have died from coronavirus in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Friday. Incepted in the Wuhan city of China, the respiratory virus spread world-wide, including Afghanistan, and affected over 118 million…
A number of residents of capital Kabul and Facebook users believe that shilajit cures Covid-19 infection but health professionals reject the belief as unproven. Shilajit is a chemical found in the cracks of mountain rocks. Some traditional pharmacists…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said it administered Covid-19 vaccine to 33,690 Afghans including 360 media persons in 34 provinces of Afghanistan. The vaccination drive in Afghanistan was launched February 23 and President Ghani at…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said seven new positive Covid-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours across the country. The ministry in a statement said 1,003 people underwent tests since Saturday and the virus…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Friday announced registering 13 new Covid-19 infection cases during the past 24 hours. The new cases pushed the overall nationwide tally to 55840, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry…
An expert of herbal medicine in eastern Nangarhar province has claimed producing an efficacious medicine for the coronavirus, with no side-effect. The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), however, has already announced there no medicine barring vaccines for the…
At least 16 new positive COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the infection have been recorded in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday. The ministry said 2,144 people underwent tests…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday announced registering 16 new positive Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours nationwide. The ministry in a statement said 1,519 people underwent tests since Saturday and the virus was detected in…
The death toll from Covid-19 infection has reached half a million in the United States, a report said on Tuesday. The virus, which surfaced about a year back in China’s Wuhan province, rapidly spread to around 210 countries…
Twenty-nine new positive coronavirus cases registered in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours taking the total national tally of respiratory disease patients to 55,646, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Monday. The fresh 29 positive cases…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday said 18 new positive Covid-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours across the country. The ministry in a statement said 2,029 people underwent tests since Wednesday and the virus…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said four new positive Covid-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours in the country. The ministry in a statement said 1,308 people underwent tests since Saturday and the virus…
Afghanistan registered 22 news coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the total national tally for coronavirus patients to 55,514, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Sunday. The new coronavirus cases registered in Herat, Nangarhar,…
World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide $163 million to support Afghanistan in getting coronavirus vaccine, according to a statement on Sunday. The pledge was made during a high level meeting between Abdul Habib…
The US Embassy in Kabul on Friday expressed concern over corruption in the budget meant for fighting coronavirus and urged Afghan officials to stop it. In a statement on its twitter account, the US embassy said dozens of…
Medical staff, security forces and media persons would be given priority in administration of coronavirus vaccine, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Thursday. According to the ministry, 500,000 vaccine doses from India and another 1.3 million…
Pajhwok’s findings show some families have shifted bodies of their relatives, who died of the coronavirus, from hospital in disregard of the Ministry of Public Health’s recommendations. The ministry instructions have been flouted at funeral and burial ceremonies.…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show 18 senior officers of central Logar province have been referred to judicial organs over embezzling millions of afghanis allocated for controlling Covid-19 spread in the province. Pajhwok findings show huge anomalies in the…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday announced recording 53 new positive Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours across the country. The ministry in a statement said 1,888 people underwent tests since Saturday and 53 people were…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday announced recording 62 new positive Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours in the country. The ministry in a statement said 2, 025 people underwent tests since Saturday and 62 people…
Officials at the 50-bed Covid-19 special hospital in northern Balkh province say the incidence of coronavirus has been declining in recent days. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Dr. BaryalaiBaryalai, head of the Covid-19 hospital, called…
Sixty-nine new coronavirus cases registered in the past 24 hours taking the total national tally of respiratory disease patients to 55,008, a statement from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Friday. According to the statement 26…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday announced recording 37 new positive Covid-19 cases and eight deaths from the infection in the last 24 hours in the country. The ministry in a statement said 1, 729 people underwent…
India has provided 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to Afghanistan in aid to vaccinate about 250,000 people, the Ministry of Public Health said on Monday.
