US embassy in Kabul locks down amid Covid surge and death of one staffer

  • Almost all operations shut down with 114 people infected
  • Several people have had to be medically evacuated

The US embassy in Kabul has had to shut down almost all its operations because of a Covid-19 outbreak that has killed one staffer, and left 114 infected and quarantined.

According to a notice sent to all embassy staff on Thursday, “several” people have had to be medevaced. Military intensive care units (ICUs) are full, and emergency ICUs have had to be improvised on the embassy compound.

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