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Afghanistan - Population: 38,041,754
Lockdown & social distancing
All counter measures
Date
Measure
Detail
Source
2020-03-12 Limit public gatherings Nevruz festival cancelled... AA
2020-01-24 Awareness campaigns MoPH begins announcements on their facebook to make public aware of coronavirus. ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-15 Schools closure  School closures until "the end of the month" (Afghanistan uses the Solar Hijri calendar) ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-01-26 Health screenings in airports and border crossings Health teams at airports will check passengers coming from China. ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-04-07 Strengthening the public health system A COVID-19 lab is opened using Government of Afghanistan funds. The hospital is expected to be comp... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-02 Strengthening the public health system Medical students are now allowed to practice, in order to build capacity ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-05 Strengthening the public health system The Ministry of Public Health has used 97 % of its budget which was 16 billion afghani. Creating 100... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-07 Other public health measures enforced Sanitizing public spaces... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-11 Awareness campaigns New awareness campaign to “prevent the spread of coronavirus” ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-19 Health screenings in airports and border crossings Installed new heat censor machines to detect fever at passengers coming through ports of entry into ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-24 Domestic travel restrictions Avoid domestic travel to the Herat province. ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-19 Surveillance and monitoring If you have come back from the countries of Iran, China, Italy and South Korea within the last 2 wee... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-19 Strengthening the public health system Coronavirus diagnostic lab was opened in Herat Province... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-20 State of emergency declared “Emergency state” announced but people are not cooperating in Herat ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-22 Limit public gatherings People should avoid official and non-official protests (gatherings?) to prevent the spread of corona... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-04-03 Strengthening the public health system Machines for health care were sent to Herat Province today ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-25 Strengthening the public health system Call for more health care workers to be employed by the government in the fight against covid-19 ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-04-02 Strengthening the public health system Supplies from China received today ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-28 General recommendations U.S.A. is added to the list of countries that, if you’ve traveled there in the past 2 weeks, you c... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-01 Border checks  Increased the screened teams on the ground and air border, especially the provinces of the border wi... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-24 State of emergency declared State of emergency in Herat province. ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-24 Awareness campaigns Awareness campaign expands to include avoiding kissing, weddings, meetings, funerals, and other soci... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-24 General recommendations Those who have traveled to Iran in the last month, especially in the city, if they are having fever,... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-01-27 International flights suspension Flights to China are suspended. ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-01-27 Health screenings in airports and border crossings Health screenings of all passengers at airports. ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-02 Strengthening the public health system the ministry has prepared 100 bed to control this virus in Kabul and 200 others in the province hosp... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-02 Introduction of isolation and quarantine policies ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-02 Isolation and quarantine policies ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-04 Strengthening the public health system The Ministry of public health has created the special part of the control of the "Corona" virus in t... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-04 Awareness campaigns Print, publishing and sending advertising materials about health services. Publishing messages in ho... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-06 Emergency administrative structures activated or established review list of equipment, medical requirements for health facilities and increase of supplies, the l... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-08 Awareness campaigns the launch of education programs for doctors to handle COVID-19... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-30 Strengthening the public health system 2nd diagnostic lab opened today ... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-13 Surveillance and monitoring Monitoring and surveillance increased at nationwide hospitals to improve the quality of health servi... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-20 Other public health measures enforced strengthen the screened teams in the air, borders and port, creating a joint committee to review the... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-02-22 Strengthening the public health system Prioritizing disinfecting of health centers and early-response needs. Provide more training for heal... Afghanistan MoPH
2020-03-31 Changes in prison-related policies Releases Hundreds of Prisoners to Limit Coronavirus Outbreaks... Democracy Now!
2020-02-24 Border closure  Closure of borders with Iran... Guardian
2020-02-12 Health screenings in airports and border crossings ... Ministry of Health
2020-02-12 Emergency administrative structures activated or established ... Ministry of Health
2020-02-12 Awareness campaigns ... Ministry of Health
2020-02-12 Isolation and quarantine policies ... Ministry of Health
2020-02-12 Introduction of isolation and quarantine policies ... Ministry of Health
2020-05-12 Awareness campaigns General hygiene campaign... Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan
2020-07-01 Strengthening the public health system The-bed hospital in Barchi plain was opened... Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan
2020-07-06 Strengthening the public health system The foundation of coronavirus hospital has been set for 65 million Afghans.... Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan
2020-03-01 Strengthening the public health system ... OCHA
2020-03-01 Schools closure  ... OCHA
2020-03-01 Limit public gatherings all public gatherings banned... OCHA
2020-04-01 International flights suspension international flight suspension... ReliefWeb
2020-03-01 Limit product imports/exports Food imports from Iran and Afghanistan has been limited... US Embassy
2020-02-01 Border checks  All China and Iran nationals... US Embassy
2020-03-28 Partial lockdown The Afghan Ministries of Public Health and Interior jointly announced that the city of Kabul would b... US Embassy
2020-03-22 Strengthening the public health system In addition to the National Public Health Lab in Kabul, an additional lab in Herat began COVID-19 te... US Embassy
2020-06-24 International flights suspension the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority announced some airlines (Emirates, Turkish, Ariana and Kam)... US Embassy
2020-08-21 Border closure  The Government of Afghanistan has re-opened its border with Iran, which had been closed briefly to a... US Embassy
2020-05-14 Border closure  The Government of Afghanistan has re-opened its border with Iran, which had been closed briefly to a... US Embassy in Afghanistan
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