The Afghan President’s Special Envoy on Economic Development and Poverty, Yusuf Gajanfar, has died of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. A presidential advisor briefed Sputnik on Saturday. According to President Ashraf Ghani’s strategic relations advisor Shahzan Murtazvi, the special envoy was undergoing treatment in Turkey.
Significantly, the Presidential Palace in Kabul reported several cases of Coronavirus infection in April. Around 40 employees were found infected during this period. Gani himself has undergone several coronavirus tests. However, his report has come negative every time. So far, 32,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Afghanistan, 819 people have died.
56,020 cases confirmed in Iraq so far, 2,262 dead
Iraq’s Ministry of Health reported on Friday that the total number of patients increased to 56,020 after the country reported 2,312 new cases of the corona. The ministry also said that 102 people died during this period, taking the death toll to 2,262. 29,600 have been cured so far. There have been 579,861 Tests of Corona in the country so far.
More than 10 million cases of corona virus worldwide
Let us know that more than one crore 10 lakh cases of coronavirus have been reported worldwide and 5 lakh 24 thousand people have died. America has been the most affected by this. So far more than 28 lakh cases have been reported here and more than one lakh 29 thousand people have died. At the same time, it has seen the biggest impact in Brazil after America. More than one lakh 53 thousand cases have been reported here and 63 thousand people have died. Six lakh 67 thousand cases have been reported in Russia so far and about 10 thousand people have died.