Desperate Afghan families forced to care for infected relatives in Kabul coronavirus ward
- 4 years ago
At the Afghan-Japan Communicable Diseases Hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, relatives of Covid-19 patients have no choice but to step in and directly care for their loved ones. Amid a shortage of staff and medical resources, families fear that others will steal the medical supplies meant for their sick relatives. The government has been struggling to cope with the Covid-19 situation in Afghanistan, where a total of 35,615 coronavirus infections and 1,186 related deaths had been confirmed as…