KABUL (SW) – Officials at the Afghan Japan hospital in Kabul say that in the past week, the number of people infected with the corona virus has increased by 30% in the capital, and eight patients have died.
Shirin Agha Naseri, the head of the special care department for covid patients in this hospital, told Salam Watandar: “Unfortunately, the statistics we have show the increase of this disease. We currently have 23 hospitalized patients and we admitted eight patients last week. The number of our positive patients is according to the symptoms of all these people. According to PCR confirmation, 10 patients have been positive.”
According to the officials at the Afghan Japan hospital in Kabul, in the past week, 274 people have visited this hospital for the corona test, most of them were women.
On the other hand, doctors state that citizens’ inattention towards personal and social hygiene, change of season and gathering in closed places are the main causes of the increase of this disease.
Abdul Khaliq, a doctor at the Afghan-Japan Hospital in Kabul, said: “Viruses spread quickly in closed places therefore, in closed and crowded places, people should be aware and in addition to this, use a mask because this disease is deadly and contagious.”
On the other hand, a number of corona patients who are hospitalized in the Afghan Japan hospital say that after several days of relapsing illness and several tests, it was determined that they were infected with covid.
Gul Jan, a resident of Kabul city, said that he has been infected with covid for eight days. He added: “I was very short of breath. I went to the doctor many times, but it didn’t get better. When I came here, they admitted me. My condition was very bad, and now I am always taking oxygen.”
Abdul Wahid, a 23-year-old resident of Panjshir, said that he was infected with covid three weeks ago. He added: “My problem was shortness of breath, headache and severe pain. That’s why I came to the hospital, when they examined me, the result of my test was positive. However, my situation is better now but I always take oxygen.”
Officials in the Ministry of Public Health say that since the beginning of this year, 18,297 positive cases have been registered in the country, of which 97 people have died due to this disease.
Sharaft Zaman Amarkhel, the spokesperson of this ministry, told Salam Watandar: “In the beginning of 2023, not many incidents have been recorded. In April, we had 5,000 incidents, in May, 6,000 incidents, and now this figure has decreased a lot, and 7 incidents were recorded in September.”
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Public Health, from 2020 until now, 225,387 positive cases have been recorded in the country and 7,944 people have died due to contracting this disease.
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