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The figure came from a study based on antibody tests conducted on some 9,500 people with technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO), Health Minister Ahmad Jawad Osmani said at a press conference.
According to the study, the virus has already trapped 31.5 percent. population, with the highest infection rate in Kabul, where it is estimated that more than half of the 5 million people are infected. the population of this city fell ill with COVID-19.
However, around 32 million. a population of people with a population does not have sufficient testing capacity. Officially, only 36,000 have been identified in Afghanistan. infection and more than 1,200 deaths.
“The second wave of infection is circulating around the world and we cannot be an exception. We will use the findings of this study to better prepare for the second wave, ”said A.J. Osmani.
More than 18 million people have been infected with the virus since it arrived in China late last year. People around the world.
The infection hit Afghanistan in February after thousands of migrants returned from neighboring Iran, which was the country hardest hit by the pandemic at the time.
Since then, Afghanistan, ravaged by decades of war, has been devastated by COVID-19.
A study on coronavirus mortality in Afghanistan is currently underway.
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