An unknown pathogen has infected more than 80 people and killed two children in the province of Zabul in southern Afghanistan, Taliban authorities said, as reported by TOLONews. The disease causes intense fever and bleeding from the mouth and nose.
Taliban public health chief Abdul Hakim Hakimi said that clinics in the Shahjoy district of the province have seen a sharp increase in the numbers of people suffering from the “suspicious” disease in recent weeks, Afghanistan’s Hasht-e Subh Daily reported today.