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🧵 Whilst countries around the world lift #COVID restrictions, we must not forget the disastrous effect the virus is still having in states without effective healthcare systems, especially those countries dealing with a multitude of other challenges... 
#Afghanistan’s first COVID case was detected in February 2020, and since then, Afghanistan has felt devastating changes, including soaring rates of poverty, malnutrition, economic collapse, the suspension of aid and a measles outbreak…
These simultaneous crises mean Afghanistan is not equipped to deal with new variants, rising cases or seriously ill patients. The withdrawal of aid has severely weakened the healthcare system, and now only 5 hospitals in the country offer treatment for #COVID19.
