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20 of Afghan president Ashraf Ghani's palace staff have coronavirus: Officials
"Twenty-odd people are infected with COVID-19 in the presidential palace. However, it is (being) kept under wraps to ensure no panic is caused," one government official said.
April 19, 2020 05:34 IST
About 20 workers in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's palace have tested positive for the coronavirus, two officials told AFP on Saturday, but so far, there is no indication the president himself has been infected.
"Twenty-odd people are infected with COVID-19 in the presidential palace. However, it is (being) kept under wraps to ensure no panic is caused," one government official said.
A second official confirmed the number, and said an additional 12 people from the president's administrative office had also contracted the virus.
Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi declined to comment and referred questions to the health ministry, which also would not comment, saying it did not disclose the identity of its patients.
Ghani, 70, recently began..
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/stor...568-2020-04-19
"Twenty-odd people are infected with COVID-19 in the presidential palace. However, it is (being) kept under wraps to ensure no panic is caused," one government official said.
April 19, 2020 05:34 IST
About 20 workers in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's palace have tested positive for the coronavirus, two officials told AFP on Saturday, but so far, there is no indication the president himself has been infected.
"Twenty-odd people are infected with COVID-19 in the presidential palace. However, it is (being) kept under wraps to ensure no panic is caused," one government official said.
A second official confirmed the number, and said an additional 12 people from the president's administrative office had also contracted the virus.
Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi declined to comment and referred questions to the health ministry, which also would not comment, saying it did not disclose the identity of its patients.
Ghani, 70, recently began..
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/stor...568-2020-04-19
