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In a statement, UNRWA reported that the results of additional tests conducted in recent days showed 27 new cases of the new Corona virus: 14 infected in the Ain El-Helweh camp, including one of the Agency’s employees, and 13 in the Burj Al-Barajneh camp. A UNRWA staff member also tested positive at the central clinic in Beirut, “and is now in home quarantine.”
And he announced that “as a precautionary measure and to prevent the spread of the virus, he decided to close his health center (the second clinic) in the Ain El-Helweh camp, and the central clinic in Beirut – Al-Rehab station, on Monday and Tuesday, as the agency began sterilizing them. Starting Wednesday, September 9, these two centers will once again work with a health team each, and will receive only emergency cases until the end of the week, and will continue to provide vaccination services and deliver medications for chronic diseases. For emergencies, he requested to contact UNRWA health officials in the Saida region at numbers 70088003 – 76683657 – 03936777, and in the Central Lebanon region at numbers: 76683644 – 70888542.
It indicated that, according to its latest update, the total number of Covid-19 cases among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon since the virus outbreak has risen to 530, emphasizing that it continues to “follow up on new cases in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health and with its partners, and the Popular Committees “. It also continues to “offer the option of relocation to the medical isolation center in Siblin for new patients if the need arises.”
And he renewed his call on refugees to “fully adhere to preventive measures, such as physical spacing, wearing masks, not shaking hands or touching faces, and staying away from crowded places.”
He concluded by noting that their health centers are currently open from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Source: National Information Agency
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