KABUL, – On his emergency room bed in Afghanistan’s capital, you can barely hear Said Ali Shah speak through the oxygen mask plastered to his face. He was taken to the Muhammed Ali Jinnah hospital “out of breath” by his wife, he says, and is only just able to sit up after four days in intensive care. “No, no, no,” he gasped, “I don’t have the coronavirus.” The 50-year-old, like some other Afghan patients, refuses to accept the reality of his condition. “Of course it is (Covid-19),” Dr Sayed Amiri, … Continue reading Afghan Covid-19 patients struggle to accept diagnosis