Head of Laboratory Department Spinghar Institute of Higher Education (SIHE), Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT), Kabul, Afghanistan
Research Article
Covid-19 Epidemiology in Kabul Afghanistan
Author(s): Abdul Rafey Popalzai*, Hasamuddin Sayedi, Zar Shinwari, Rasool Khan and Ubaidullah Niazi
On 31 December 2019, a new coronavirus was discovered in China, which is a
respiratory disease that has spread to almost all the world including Afghanistan.
This study aimed to describe the mentality/awareness of people, the signs and
symptoms they have experienced, and how they followed medical protocols
to protect themselves and others against Covid-19. A cross-sectional survey
was conducted on 307 respondents. Data were collected by a valid and reliable
questionnaire including ten questions from different types of people in different
places in Kabul from (2021-08-12 To 2021-10-25), after collecting the data IBM
SPSS Statistics 20 was used for the analysis of the data.
We found that (13.3%) of the respondents are still not aware of Covid-19, and
most of the respondents have experienced cough (67.4%), fever (79.8%), body
pain (68.1%), loss of t.. View More»