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The World Health Organization says that with the recent warming,

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The World Health Organization says that with the recent warming,

the number of people suffering from various diseases including dengue and Congo fever and cholera has increased in Afghanistan.

In the information it published yesterday, this organization announced that 32 suspected cases of dengue fever were reported in the last two weeks, which shows an increase of 18.5% compared to the last two weeks.

The World Health Organization has also said that in the last two weeks, 4 suspected cases of Congo fever have been reported from Kabul hospitals and one person has died due to this disease.

The World Health Organization announced that since the beginning of 203, 109 people in 13 provinces of Afghanistan have contracted Congo fever, 99% of whom are between 5 and 67 years old, and 61% of them are women.

Most of these people have been infected with this disease in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar and northern Balkh and Jawzjan.

In the same way, the number of cholera patients has also increased, according to the data of the World Health Organization, 4431 cases have been recorded, and the reason for this is the warming of the air.

Stating that the number of people infected with the corona virus has decreased in the last four weeks, this organization said: Out of 4037 suspected cases of corona test in the last four weeks, 616 cases were positive and 4 cases were positive. People infected with the corona virus died. are

The World Health Organization announced that measles had also decreased compared to the 10th week of 2023, but measles remained higher than in 2019-2020, despite the efforts made in this area, according to the organization.

While the World Health Organization is talking about the increase of some diseases in Afghanistan, the air temperature is increasing and according to doctors, there is a possibility of the spread of some diseases in hot weather.

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