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The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations
The COVID-19 has spread to almost all countries since its emergence from Wuhan, China. Afghanistan has entered the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021. The county is bracing the third wave at a time when challenges like continuous conflict, illiteracy, poverty, inadequate healthcare pers...
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description | The COVID-19 has spread to almost all countries since its emergence from Wuhan, China. Afghanistan has entered the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021. The county is bracing the third wave at a time when challenges like continuous conflict, illiteracy, poverty, inadequate healthcare personnel and service coverage, inadequate testing capacity, shortage of laboratory kits and reagents, lower public awareness and lower public trust on the government have brought it to its knees. All stakeholders including government, healthcare workers, civil societies, the public and the international community should combine their efforts to combat such a devastating situation. Although the inception of vaccination program against COVID-19 seems relieving, but it may take several months until a significant proportion of the people get vaccinated to reach the herd immunity. Thus, non-pharmaceutical intervention should be followed strictly. Moreover, awareness campaigns should also be continued to educate people and keep them supportive of the government plans and policies. Otherwise, the current wave may cause deadly consequences in such a complex situation. |
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spelling | pubmed-83495232021-08-09 The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations Nemat, Arash Asady, Abdullah J Multidiscip Healthc Commentary The COVID-19 has spread to almost all countries since its emergence from Wuhan, China. Afghanistan has entered the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021. The county is bracing the third wave at a time when challenges like continuous conflict, illiteracy, poverty, inadequate healthcare personnel and service coverage, inadequate testing capacity, shortage of laboratory kits and reagents, lower public awareness and lower public trust on the government have brought it to its knees. All stakeholders including government, healthcare workers, civil societies, the public and the international community should combine their efforts to combat such a devastating situation. Although the inception of vaccination program against COVID-19 seems relieving, but it may take several months until a significant proportion of the people get vaccinated to reach the herd immunity. Thus, non-pharmaceutical intervention should be followed strictly. Moreover, awareness campaigns should also be continued to educate people and keep them supportive of the government plans and policies. Otherwise, the current wave may cause deadly consequences in such a complex situation. Dove 2021-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8349523/ /pubmed/34376985 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S325696 Text en © 2021 Nemat and Asady. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Commentary Nemat, Arash Asady, Abdullah The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations |
title | The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations |
title_full | The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations |
title_fullStr | The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations |
title_full_unstemmed | The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations |
title_short | The Third Wave of the COVID-19 in Afghanistan: An Update on Challenges and Recommendations |
title_sort | third wave of the covid-19 in afghanistan: an update on challenges and recommendations |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8349523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34376985 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S325696 |
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