Coronavirus live news: South Korea re-tightens lockdown restrictions after spike in cases
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Afghanistan is in immediate need of masks and ventilators, health authorities said, as the number of confirmed infections passed 13,000 despite no tests being carried out in Kandahar for two weeks, Akhtar Mohammad Makoii reports from Herat.
The Afghan health ministry announced on Thursday that it has run out of facilities and equipment for Covid-19 patients. Wahid Majroh, deputy health minister said that the ministry had received nothing in the past 30 days.
VIDEO: South Africa’s strict lockdown provides a number of challenges for its large immigrant community, who have been left with no source of income for weeks pic.twitter.com/7rbHJRT026
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