The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday evening confirmed that a man in Balkh died of coronavirus three days ago.

Khalilullah Hekmati, head of Balkh's public health directorate, said the result of the man’s coronavirus test came back positive today.

US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted today that the Afghan government and Taliban held a meeting over the prisoner release and peace process, saying thallbsides took the threat of the corovirus seriously. Today Ghani spoke to nation about virus, calling for unity. And Abdullah's camp said that mediation efforts with Ghani team were underway.