On Sunday, Afghanistan’s health ministry reported the country’s first confirmed death from the Coronavirus.
A 40-year old man died in the northern Balkh province, Ministry of Public Health spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said.
Afghanistan has 34 confirmed cases of the virus and there are fears its vulnerable health system, devastated by years of war, would be overwhelmed by an outbreak.
More than 218,900 people have been infected by the novel Coronavirus across the world and 8,925 have died, with cases and deaths outside China overtaking those in the country where the outbreak began.
Infections outside China have been reported by 172 countries.
