Negligence could hike up Covid-19 cases: MoPH

The Ministry of Public Health says that the Coronavirus crisis yet to over in Afghanistan, noting that negligence could lead to an increase in the number of victims.

According to the Ministry of Health, although the number of registrations of Coronavirus patients has been declining recently, the negligence of the people in dealing with it and the non-observance of the health points of this ministry are worrying.

“The Coronavirus is not over. Although it has decreased, if we do not pay attention, we will not recover. We will face a new wave of the corona,” said Jawad Osmani, acting public health minister.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health has purchased 500 artificial respiration devices from Germany and started the process of distributing them to all provinces.

Jawad Osmani added: “Today, these ventilators with their supplements are distributed in 9 provinces of the country. How to use them is simple and doctors have been trained.”

Afghanistan had 300 ventilators before producing these 500 ventilators, but there are concerns that doctors are unaware of these devices and that they are inactive in many provinces of the country.