US Embassy In Afghanistan Fighting A Major Coronavirus Outbreak

The US State Department says Saturday, June 20, 2020 that COVID-19 infections have been reported at its embassy in the Afghan capital and the staff who are affected include diplomats, contractors and locally employed staff. (File/AP/Ahmad Nazar)

New York Post: US Embassy in Afghanistan fighting coronavirus outbreak

As if life wasn’t hard enough in Afghanistan — the American embassy in Kabul is now battling a COVID-19 outbreak.

Infected staffers include diplomats, contractors and locals according to the Associated Press, which noted “an official at the embassy in Kabul, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media, said up to 20 people were infected, the majority of them Nepalese Gurkhas, who provide embassy security.”

“The embassy is implementing all appropriate measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19,” the State Department said in a statement late Friday.

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Update: US says its embassy in Kabul battling coronavirus outbreak (AP)

WNU Editor: Two of Afghanistan's northern countries are now experiencing a second Covid-19 wave of infections .... COVID-19: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan Tighten Restrictions; U.S. Embassy In Kabul Reports Cases (RFE).