Coronavirus infection rate declining in Afghanistan: ministry

This comes as acting minister Ahmad Javad Osmani, two days ago, had said that coronavirus infection will be at its peak over the next two months in Afghanistan.
On Sunday, the ministry announced 409 new coronavirus cases and 12 deaths over the past 24 hours.
Afghanistan has confirmed 28,833 coronavirus cases and over 580 deaths attributed to the virus.
Meanwhile, the United Nations in a report said that it documented 15 incidents affecting healthcare provision, from 11 March, the date on which the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic, to 23 May, the start of a three-day ceasefire between the Taliban and the government.
Twelve incidents were deliberate attacks and the remaining incidents involved incidental harm. Most of these healthcare-related incidents – eight of the targeted attacks and two of the incidents with incidental harm – were attributed to the Taliban. The Afghan national security forces were responsible for three targeted attacks against healthcare. One instance of incidental harm to healthcare occurred in the context of clashes between Afghan national security forces and the Taliban.
“At a time when an urgent humanitarian response was required to protect every life in Afghanistan, both the Taliban and Afghan national security forces carried out deliberate acts of violence that undermined healthcare operations,” said Deborah Lyons, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA. “There is no excuse for such actions; the safety and well-being of the civilian population must be a priority.”