Afghanistan real-time news

Coronavirus live news: confirmed Russian cases pass China's total; Afghanistan records biggest one-day rise in cases (source — www.theguardian.com) 27/04/2020 14:27:41

Iran reports 96 more deaths; Spain’s death toll shows slight rise; Germany calls for ‘very careful’ easing of lockdown; New Zealand says ‘worst is over’Halt destruction of nature or suffer worse pande...

Coronavirus live news: Spain's daily death toll drops below 300 as children allowed out for first time in weeks (source — www.theguardian.com) 26/04/2020 13:00:42

Trump steps back from briefings; global deaths pass 200,000; Russia case tally passes 80,000; Sweden’s deputy prime-minster admits problems with strategy; Boris Johnson to return to work on MondayTrum...

Coronavirus live news: Greece prepares to end lockdown as Brazil’s health system nears collapse (source — www.theguardian.com) 25/04/2020 12:32:22

Bill Gates vows to fund vaccine production; Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day from drivewaysLeader of group peddling bleach as ‘cure’ wrote to Trump this weekGlobal report: Sweden queries lockd...

India presidential palace isolates 500 over virus scare; Pakistan’s Khan to be tested (source — www.thesundaily.my) 21/04/2020 18:10:26

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: About 500 people entered self-isolation in staff quarters of India’s presidential palace on Tuesday, and Pakistan’s prime minister was due to be tested, as the coronavirus spreadi...

Domestic abuse: 'Women in Herat may survive coronavirus but not lockdown' (source — www.theguardian.com) 21/04/2020 09:00:57

Violence against women is endemic in Afghanistan; with services closed by the pandemic, those working with abused women are terrified for their clientsEvery morning Marzia Akbari, a 25-year-old psycho...

Afghan girls building ventilators with car part for coronavirus response (source — www.foxnews.com) 20/04/2020 20:14:14

As automakers in the U.S. and around the world repurpose their production capabilities to build ventilators for coronavirus response efforts, a group of schoolgirls in Afghanistan has built one using ...

Military veterans help draft PTSD guidance for NHS workers (source — www.theguardian.com) 20/04/2020 08:00:02

Measures aims to help staff deal with intense daily stress of treating coronavirus patientsMilitary veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq have drawn up a package of guidance and support to help ...

Afghan girls help coronavirus response by designing ventilators from unusual parts (source — www.foxnews.com) 20/04/2020 03:05:21

The five teenage members of Afghanistan’s prize-winning girls’ robotics team are on a lifesaving mission: making ventilators from used car parts to help their war-stricken country battle the coronavir...

Conditions at coronavirus hospital NHS Nightingale 'as tough as war zone' (source — www.mirror.co.uk) 19/04/2020 00:41:32

EXCLUSIVE: Army medic Jamie Jones compared the sprawling health hub, the makeshift coronavirus hospital NHS Nightingale, in London's Excel Centre, to Camp Bastion in war-torn Afghanistan

Coronavirus hits staff close to Nigerian and Afghan presidents (source — www.theguardian.com) 18/04/2020 16:58:06

Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff dies and 20 people close to Ashraf Ghani test positiveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid-19 has moved closer to the heart of government...

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