Covid in Afghanistan: Taliban takeover could drive coronavirus crisis as vaccinations plummet

Coronavirus immunizations fell 80 p.c final week within the days following the Taliban victory, a spokesman for UNICEF, the U.N. youngsters’s company, stated Wednesday. Within the week starting Aug. 15, simply 30,500 folks had been vaccinated throughout 23 provinces — down from 134,600 folks inoculated in all 34 provinces the week earlier than, the company stated.
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