The legislation, passed within a fortnight of it first being tabled, further threatens the China-ruled city's freedoms, critics say
Ferozuddin Feroz, the minister of public health, told a press conference in Kabul one of three suspected cases had been confirmed in the Western province of Herat.
He announced a state of emergency in the province, which borders Iran where dozens of cases of the disease have been confirmed and eight people have died.