As of March 20 , 2020 , private laboratories in Afghanistan are prohibited from diagnosing COVID-19 cases .
On 20 March , it was announced that a new laboratory in Herat is under construction , after the only laboratory in the country was in Kabul , meaning that it took longer to diagnose people who took tests. On 14 March , President of Afghanistan , Ashraf Ghani , told the public to avoid large public gatherings and to pay attention to hygiene to prevent the spread of the disease .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Afghanistan