KABUL – The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday reported 77 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,593 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Public Health Ministry also reported eight deaths and 355 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. The new cases were reported in …
Read More »Report: Half of Poor Children in Afghanistan Face Malnutrition
KABUL – The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report …
Read More »Joe Biden Unveils $2.5 Trillion Stimulus Plan
WASHINGTON – US President-elect, Joe Biden, has unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus package designed to revive the economy and accelerate the US response to the coronavirus pandemic, AAP reported Friday. Biden campaigned ahead of the November election on a promise to take the pandemic more seriously than President Donald Trump. …
Read More »MoPH Reports 57 Covid-19 Cases, 14 Deaths in 24 Hrs
KABUL – At least 57 new positive COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths from the infection have been recorded across the country in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday. The ministry said 1,802 people underwent tests during the past 24 hours and the virus was …
Read More »ILO Calls for Greater Protection of Homeworkers
GENEVA – The International Labor Organization (ILO) has called for greater protection of homeworkers, who have increased in the face of the impact for Covid-19. In its report “Working from home from invisibility to decent work”, UN agency shows that this group does not have the same level of protection …
Read More »China Sees Growing Covid-19 Threat as More Cities Locked Down
BEIJING – China has seen the largest daily increase in Covid-19 cases in more than five months, despite four cities on lockdown, increased testing and other measures to prevent a new wave of infections in the second largest world economy. Most of the new patients have been reported near the …
Read More »46 New Covid-19 Cases, 13 Deaths Reported in 24 Hrs
KABUL – At least 46 new positive COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths from the infection have been recorded across the country in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Monday. The ministry said 1,886 people underwent tests during the past 24 hours and COVID-19 was detected …
Read More »WHO Expert Panel on Covid-19 will Arrive on Jan 14: China
BEIJING – A team of international experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic will arrive in China on January 14, the country’s national health authority said on Monday. The team had originally planned to visit China in early January, but WHO chief, Tedros …
Read More »China Has Been Maintaining Close Cooperation with WHO: FM Spokesperson
BEIJING – Recently, China has maintained close communication with the World Health Organization (WHO) in a positive and constructive manner during the expert group’s trip to China to cooperate in finding the origin of the Covid-19 virus, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, said. Hua Chunying made the …
Read More »Afghanistan Reports 102 COVID-19 Cases, 7 Deaths in 24 Hrs
KABUL – Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported Monday, that out of 1,575 samples taken for COVID-19, 102 cases have turned positive in the last 24 hours. At least 205,798 people have so far been tested in the governmental labs, and there still are 7,576 known active cases in the …
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