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		</div><p>A third of 500 random coronavirus tests in Afghanistan’s capital came back positive, health officials have said, raising fears of widespread undetected infections.</p>
<p>The results of the random tests in the Afghan capital of Kabul are “concerning”, Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Mayar said.</p>
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<p>Afghanistan has performed only limited testing so far – close to 12,000, with more than 2,700 confirmed infections in a nation of 36.6 million.</p>
<blockquote><p>85 Official coronavirus death toll in Afghanistan</p></blockquote>
<p>As more testing becomes available, the country’s confirmed infection numbers will likely rise sharply, Mr Mayar said, who urged residents to stay at home.</p>
<p>Kabul and most other cities are in lockdown, but compliance has not been widespread.</p>
<p>The death toll – officially at 85 – could also be much higher.</p>
<p>More than 250,000 Afghans returned home from Iran since the beginning of the year, fanning out across their country without being tested or quarantined.</p>
<p>Anecdotal reports have emerged of dozens of returnees dying of Covid-19.</p>
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<p>Testing in Afghanistan has been sporadic and some of those infected have been hiding their symptoms, in part because of local stigma.</p>
<p>The Government has faced criticism for responding too slowly to the crisis.</p>
<p>Only recently, the Government started testing in western Herat province, where the hundreds of thousands of people have returned from Iran.</p>
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