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Coronavirus is a threat to all of humanity, but communities most at risk are those where there is illiteracy, poverty and the absence or lack of administrative institutions. A large number of displaced people all over the world face the daunting prospect of being overtaken by the pandemic, and the consequences of that happening would be too dreadful to contemplate or assess.
Afghanistan faces a crisis that could get out of control if the international community does not coordinate its efforts and resources with the Kabul government to prevent the uncontrollable spread of coronavirus. There are hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people within the country. There is grinding poverty, an awful lack of basic hygiene and sanitation in the bulk of the population.
The health delivery infrastructure is fragile and grossly inadequate in terms of both resources and staff. And then, there is the unending conflict in a country with nearly 30 million impoverished people. Unemployment is more than 45 percent and over two million people are heroin addicts.
This provides a conducive and lethal environment for epidemics to take root and spread. But the immediate cause is the arrival of 130,000 Afghan migrants from Iran, where the virus and death toll has been raging. These refugees crossed over either because of the fear of the spreading coronavirus or because of the loss of jobs caused by the deteriorating economy that in turn has been caused by US sanctions on Iran.
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Afghanistan faces a new serious challenge
Coronavirus is a threat to all of humanity, but communities most at risk are those where there is illiteracy, poverty and the absence or lack of administrative institutions. A large number of displaced people all over the world face the daunting prospect of being overtaken by the pandemic, and the consequences of that happening would be too dreadful to contemplate or assess.
Afghanistan faces a crisis that could get out of control if the international community does not coordinate its efforts and resources with the Kabul government to prevent the uncontrollable spread of coronavirus. There are hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people within the country. There is grinding poverty, an awful lack of basic hygiene and sanitation in the bulk of the population.
The health delivery infrastructure is fragile and grossly inadequate in terms of both resources and staff. And then, there is the unending conflict in a country with nearly 30 million impoverished people. Unemployment is more than 45 percent and over two million people are heroin addicts.
This provides a conducive and lethal environment for epidemics to take root and spread. But the immediate cause is the arrival of 130,000 Afghan migrants from Iran, where the virus and death toll has been raging. These refugees crossed over either because of the fear of the spreading coronavirus or because of the loss of jobs caused by the deteriorating economy that in turn has been caused by US sanctions on Iran.
Read full article here:
Afghanistan faces a new serious challenge
