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Afghan Covid vaccinations drop 80% after Taliban takeover
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In the first week following the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Covid-19 vaccinations in Afghanistan have dropped by 80%, the UN agency UNICEF said, warning that half of the few doses delivered to the country so far are close to expiry.
The Taliban seized control of the Afghan capital on 15 August, having already captured most of the country earlier in the month after the United States decided to withdraw military forces after 20 years of war.
Since the Taliban takeover "there's been an 80% drop in people reached with Covid-19 vaccines," a spokesperson for UNICEF said.
In the week starting on 15 August, 30,500 people had been vaccinated in 23 of the 34 provinces of the country, whereas the previous week 134,600 people were inoculated in 30
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