COVID-19 pandemic is spiraling out of control in Afghanistan, with cases rising 2,400 per cent in the past month, hospitals filling up and medical resources quickly running out, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Thursday.More than a third of tests last week came back positive, the IFRC said.
NATO leaders bid symbolic farewell to Afghanistan at summit “Afghanistan is at a crisis point in the battle to contain COVID-19 as hospital beds are full to capacity in the capital Kabul and in many areas,” said Nilab Mobarez, Acting President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, in a statement released by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.The surge was putting intense strain.