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COVID-19 testing, vaccination decline in Afghanistan after Taliban took control: WHO

Brendan Byrne
October 6, 2021 10:27 am
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The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday that Covid-19 testing and vaccination in Afghanistan have decreased since the Taliban took over Kabul in mid-August.

“Since August, COVID-19 testing + vaccination has declined across Afghanistan. Around 1.6 million doses of vaccine could expire if not used quickly,”according to the Xinhua news agency, the organisation posted on Twitter.

To address this, the WHO and its partners are increasing testing and assisting in the implementation of a vaccination campaign in 16 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.

According to the most recent WHO figures, more than 155,000 Afghans have been infected with Covid-19, and over 7,200 have died as a result of the disease since February 2020, when the first Covid-19 case was detected in the country.

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Brendan Byrne

While studying economics, Brendan found himself comfortably falling down the rabbit hole of restaurant work, ultimately opening a consulting business and working as a private wine buyer. On a whim, he moved to China, and in his first week following a triumphant pub quiz victory, he found himself bleeding on the floor based on his arrogance. The same man who put him there offered him a job lecturing for the University of Wales in various sister universities throughout the Middle Kingdom. While primarily lecturing in descriptive and comparative statistics, Brendan simultaneously earned an Msc in Banking and International Finance from the University of Wales-Bangor. He's presently doing something he hates, respecting French people. Well, two, his wife and her mother in the lovely town of Antigua, Guatemala.







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