UNHCR / AFGHANISTAN COVID-19 RESPONSE

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and its partners, are supporting the Afghan government’s battle against the spread of the coronavirus in the country by focusing efforts on a public awareness campaigns, highlighting hygiene measures, and on distributing key sanitation tools like soap to stave off infection. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:01
• Production Date: 15 April 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2543119
• Parent Id: 2543119
• Alternate Title: unifeed200415d

Description

STORY: UNHCR / AFGHANISTAN COVID-19 RESPONSE
TRT: 2:01
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: RECENT, KANDAHAR, JALALABAD, KHOST, AFGHANISTAN

Shotlist

RECENT - KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN

1. Pan left, van passing by with speakers playing Covid19 awareness messages

RECENT - JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN

2. Pan left, man in protective plastic suit driving a tuktuk with speakers and banners

RECENT - KHOST, AFGHANISTAN

3. Pan right, from COVID-19 sign to people sitting at distance from each other
4. Tracking shot, aid distribution activities

Storyline

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and its partners, are supporting the Afghan government’s battle against the spread of the coronavirus in the country by focusing efforts on a public awareness campaigns, highlighting hygiene measures, and on distributing key sanitation tools like soap to stave off infection.

The public health campaign carried out by different UNHCR implementing partners include audio message broadcasted using loudspeakers mounted on moving vehicles.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Afghanistan has recorded 770 cases of COVID-19, including 25 deaths as of April 15.