KABUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th March, 2020) Five people sick with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 39 others who are suspected of being infected have escaped from a hospital in the western Afghan province of Herat, Dr. Nasir Habib, the head doctor of the hospital, said on Monday.
According to Habib, the patients escaped at around 4:00 p.m. (11:30 GMT) by breaking the windows and climbing through them.
Afghanistan has so far confirmed 16 cases of the coronavirus disease on its soil.
