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12:47 p. M.
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Books – Muhammad Ghayat:
A cabinet meeting was held today, led by Dr. Mustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, via video conferencing technology, and Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, during the meeting, gave a presentation on the latest developments related to the Coronavirus.
According to a statement, the minister renewed the reference that the governorates of Cairo, Giza and Alexandria led the governorates, with the highest infection rates recorded during this period as well, explaining the bed occupancy rates within isolation hospitals, whether related to the internal family, care beds or respirators.
The minister addressed the executive position to support the health sector with liquefied oxygen to face the second wave of the Corona virus, noting that work is being done to increase the efficiency of the gas networks and review them in various isolation, fever and chest hospitals, as well as curative hospitals.
The minister explained that the average daily consumption of liquid oxygen increased from 400 to 500 thousand liters, and work has been done to cover this difference, which is estimated at 100,000 liters, in addition to the availability of an increase in productivity of 70 thousand liters per day as reserve for the next stage, by contracting with several companies produce it to supply it to hospitals at the level of the Republic, adding that it is working to increase the storage capacity of medical oxygen, and is coordinated with oxygen companies to provide a Proper transportation method through mobile oxygen carts within each province to ensure that it is supplied in all provinces daily and is not affected by any transmission conditions. Between provinces.
