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As The Number of Nations shut borders, a wave of people pouring unchecked across international borders in a volatile and vulnerable part of The World , awakened to warnings about the uncontrolled spread of The Virus .

In March, More Than 150,000 Afghans spontaneously one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus returned from the Iran - thousands more come every day.

tens of thousands returned from Pakistan have also recently - among The Most affected countries in South Asia .

the officials are struggling to control this unprecedented motion beyond what has always been porous and often lawless frontiers.

So Far , Afghanistan is not among the countries, the cases, especially hard-hit by The Virus , reporting 423 cases and 14 deaths, but this influx has aroused the concern, the significantly higher transfer rates.

"With The Number of likely infected people is the limit, I expect that the numbers of cases and deaths [in Afghanistan] to rise significantly crossed," Says Natasha Howard , associate professor of global health and conflict at the National University of Singapore.

If There is an explosion of cases, as we have seen, in the USA, Spain and Italy, the war-ravaged and impoverished Afghanistan, the healthcare system would be completely overwhelmed.

Iran crossing: Overwhelmed by numbers

Abdul Maez Mohammadi and His Family have been in Iran for eight years. But after The Boss of the construction company where he worked, not for the payment of his salary, he gathered his wife, brother and a-year-old son and went Home .

Mr Mohammadi, the title is Back To his Taliban-controlled Afghan village after he lost his job in Iran

in This Week , they went from the Islam Qala border to Herat as undocumented migrants, and Back To their Taliban-controlled village, where There are no health facilities.

"The Situation in Iran from Covid-19 is very dangerous and I have heard, There is nowhere to admit cases," Says Mr. Mohammadi.

At this border crossing There is no quarantine center on both sides. The provincial authorities are conducting basic health checks, but they are overwhelmed by The Number of people.

Herat has a lack of Covid-19 Test kit and the results last for four or Five Days for those who have Tested it - and then it is likely that you would already have left for their villages.

Mr. Mohammadi, he Says , to earn money, as soon as he knows back in his village, but he, you have to make the arrangements.

"We have to wash by hand, when we Wake up from sleep, brush your teeth, Three Times A Day , avoid crowds, do not travel to adjacent areas and food should be well cooked," he Says .

rudimentary checks at the Islam Qala border between Iran and Afghanistan

The International organization for Migration (IOM), part of the United Nations, the centres of humanitarian assistance to The Most vulnerable of this crossing in Afghanistan.

Aziz Ahmad Rahimi, senior regional director for the IOM in the province of Herat, Says that if you see someone shows Covid-19 symptoms, you transfer them to The Local hospitals. Ten to 15 people have been Tested positive, he Says .

Pakistan crossing: Forced to give up control of the elements

A similar situation is playing out at The Border to Pakistan .

The Afghan government has requested Pakistani authorities to allow an open Border Crossings Afghans who had been driving the stranded to Pakistan , its limits back Home .

the authorities said they would be reported to 1000 people A Day , but to 20,000, crossed at the Chaman border in The Last Two Days of the request by the authorities to leave the proviso that only those will be allowed with valid documents to cross.

The Afghan authorities had made arrangements to have the quarantine of the 4,000 Afghans for 14 days at Torkham but were quickly overwhelmed by the numbers, reports say.

a total of 60,000 and crossed into Afghanistan in Three Days , according to the IOM.

An unverified video, which was in large parts by the media, people rush to cross The Border without documentation.

And these are The People who go through the official checkpoints. For many years There is illegal cross-border traffic between Afghanistan and Pakistan - these figures are much harder to track.

All of this has led to relief organizations and non-governmental organizations working in the region to give a serious warning about the spread of the coronavirus over these limits.

And if, as they fear that cases break out in The Next few weeks, such as Afghanistan, could deal with specified numbers of developed countries with top-class health-fighting systems, leads to some disheartening estimates.

How can Afghanistan cope?

predicts The Afghan Ministry of health that 16 million out of a population of More Than 30 million of the coronavirus could get, citing The World health organization (WHO).

Waheedullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health Says that in a worst-case scenario of 700,000 people require hospitalization, 220,000 of them require intensive medical treatment. Of this number, 110,000 people die due to Covid-19.

in Afghanistan, has beds 10,400 hospital in the entire country. In the province of Herat, some estimates put The Number of fans on as little as 12.

"Afghanistan is not such A Number of beds in 10 Years ," he Says , adding added that health authorities focus on preventive measures.

Kabul is now prohibited under completely lockdown and public gatherings were held in Herat.

But this is a population where many already existing diseases, such as tuberculosis, cancer, diabetes, and There are about 2. 5 million malnourished Children , according to charity Save The Children .

Afghanistan' s healthcare resources source: world Bank

But if The Situation in Afghanistan is so terrible, why are so many Desperate to come back?

in Most cases, it is driven by the Covid-19-outbreaks in Iran and Pakistan , and the lock that squeezed financial resources. Also, people are afraid, they just don't want to get medical attention.

"The Impressions among the returnees is, if I'm going to die, it is better to die in my Home ," Says Mr. Rahimi.

Some experts believe, it is already Too Late to prevent The Virus spread widely in Afghanistan. And the help is hardly coming from The International community, consumed by The Virus itself.

"The Situation is likely to be very Desperate - we could almost consider it a ticking Time Bomb ," said Natasha Howard from the National University of Singapore.

a Further message from Mahfouz Zubaide in Kabul and M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad .

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Source of news: bbc.com