Afghan authorities announced today the closure of this capital, starting Saturday and for 21 days, because of the outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in the Central Asian country.

In Afghanistan the education system has been gutted by four decades of conflict.

Afghanistan’s health ministry said on Saturday that the number of confirmed case of coronavirus in the country had jumped to four.

Two Indonesians have tested positive for novel coronavirus after coming into contact with an infected Japanese national, President Joko Widodo said on Monday.

Uzbekistan closed its border – Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge – with Afghanistan Monday morning, aimed to prevent coronavirus spreading to the country.

The federal government of Pakistan on Sunday announced the closure of Chaman border with Afghanistan for one-week amid the coronavirus outbreak in the neighbouring country.

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has surpassed 1,350, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against downplaying the epidemic, mainly centered in China.

The Minister of Public Health, Firozuddin Firoz says the Coronavirus is spreading very fast, but is less deadly than the Mers virus.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged US President Donald Trump to respond “reasonably” to the coronavirus outbreak, saying Beijing is doing all it can to contain the epidemic.