COVID-19: 133 New Cases, 4 Deaths Reported in Afghanistan
The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 133 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,706 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
The ministry also reported four deaths and 29 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period.
The new cases were reported in Kandahar (40) Kabul (31), Nangarhar (26), Takhar (3), Kunduz (7), Logar (3), Ghazni (3), Laghman (15), Panjshir (1), Zabul (2) and Khost (2) provinces.
The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 58,346, the total number of reported deaths is 2,561, and the total number of recoveries is 52,301.
So far, 388,757 samples have been tested in government centers and there are 3,484 known active COVID-19 cases in the country, data by the ministry indicates.
Afghanistan: 176 New COVID-19 Cases, 7 Deaths Reported
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Govt defends Chinese vaccine amid social media concern
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published : 19 Apr 2021 at 04:44
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The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday insisted that CoronaVac, the vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac, could protect people against Covid-19, despite a claim on social media that a man who received the jab had not developed any immunity. The immunity develops two weeks after you have had your shots, said Dr Supakit Sirilak, chief of the Department of Medical Science (DMS) in response to concerns over the efficacy of the vaccine. However, the level of immunity differs based on the virus variants.
Many people have responded to one man s claim that he received the state-sponsored jab and then bought a rapid test which showed he hadn t developed any immunity at all. Dr Supakit said anyone wanting to check the efficacy of their jabs should only have their immunity checked by standard laboratory tests.
72 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Afghanistan
The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 72 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,124 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
The ministry also reported 10 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. No deaths from COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours.
The new cases were reported in Kabul (13), Kandahar (21), Nangarhar (28), Maidan Wardak (3), Logar (1), Kunar (5), and Uruzgan (1) provinces.
The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 57,793, the total number of reported deaths is 2,539, and the total number of recoveries is 52,115.
So far, 381,098 samples have been tested in government centers and there are 3,139 known active COVID-19 cases in the country, data by the ministry indicates.