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Approx 10 million Afghans contracted COVID-19: Health Ministry

Kabul, Aug 8 (UNI) Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health has issued a statement saying that approximately 10 million citizens have been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
Xinhua quoted a nation wide survey conducted by the ministry which was based on antibody tests applied on 9,514 people and technically supported by World Health Organization (WHO), in 34 Afghan provinces. Ten million people, making nearly one third of the country's population, were found to be infected with the disease.
The ministry estimates that 31.5 percent of the country's population has contracted the virus, with the highest degree of infection being found in the capital Kabul, more than half of the 5 million people in the city are believed to be infected.
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