Afghanistan confirms first coronavirus patient
The minister of public health says a state of emergency has been imposed in Herat
February 24, 2020
KABUL: Afghanistan’s minister of public health said on Monday the country had identified its first case of coronavirus.
Ferozuddin Feroz, the minister of public health, told a press conference in Kabul one of three suspected cases had been confirmed in the Western province of Herat.
He announced a state of emergency in the province, which borders Iran where dozens of cases of the disease have been confirmed and eight people have died.
