Coronavirus outbreak triggers concern among Afghans
Amin Alemi
Press TV, Kabul
Apart from concerns over political instability and insecurity in Afghanistan, Afghans have now become concerned over the outbreak of coronavirus.
The public health ministry has recently confirmed 10 positive cases of coronavirus infection across Afghanistan while at least 60 suspected cases have been confirmed so far.
The first coronavirus infection case was confirmed in the border province of Herat in western Afghanistan on February 24th. Since then, the government has adopted measures to contain further spread of the virus such as deploying medical teams at the country’s airports as well as in border areas.
Afghan health authorities advised people not to attend big gatherings such as the ancient New Solar Year festival, sports matches and other public events.
As warnings by health officials are on the rise, Afghans have shown mixed reactions. While some people are too much worried about the surge in the outbreak of coronavirus, many others say they can easily avoid it through launching a national campaign to pay attention to public health.
The country’s public health ministry says it has earmarked some 25 million dollars for measures to battle the potential outbreak of the disease; however, health officials say they will not succeed unless they have the peoples’ strong support and cooperation with the government in this regard.
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