The country’s president, Ashraf Ghani, has asked the Taliban to
declare a ceasefire across the country so health workers can fight the
virus. “I call on the Taliban to give a positive response to the
rightful demand of United Nations secretary general, regional
governments, people of Afghanistan and the government to stop war and
declare a ceasefire,” he said.
Some 56 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours, a
health ministry spokesman said in a press conference in Kabul. Of the
new cases, 37 were confirmed in Kabul, the country’s capital. The city
of six million, which has so far recorded 238 confirmed cases, is under
full lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of the disease.
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