KABUL: Afghanistan's health minister said on Monday the country has identified its first confirmed case of COVID-19.
Ferozuddin Feroz, the minister of public health, told a press conference in Kabul that one of three suspected cases has tested positive for the coronavirus in the western province of Herat.He announced a state of emergency in the province, which borders Iran where dozens of cases have been confirmed and eight people have died.
"I ask people to try to stay at home and restrict their movements," Ferozuddin said, referring to residents of the border region. The three suspected patients in Herat had recently returned from Iran, Dr Sayed Attaullah Sayedzai, head of the disease surveillance department at ministry of public health, said on Sunday.
Iran, which announced its first two cases last Wednesday, said it had 43 confirmed cases and eight deaths, with most of the infections in the city of Qom.Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey and Afghanistan have imposed travel and immigration restrictions on travellers from Iran.
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