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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned on Monday of a “real catastrophe” beyond his country’s capabilities in the event of a sudden and dramatic increase in Covid-19’s epidemic injuries, as his government began to ease the closure measures taken weeks ago to further reduce the economic repercussions.
Assad said in a speech during a meeting with the government group concerned with dealing with the Coronavirus, which was reported by presidential accounts, that the small number of infected people “does not mean that we are out of danger, and modest numbers do not mean that these Limited numbers do not suddenly explode in a few days and perhaps a few weeks to see us in front of us – a real disaster that exceeds the health and logistics potential in Syria.
Government control areas recorded 44 injuries, including three deaths, while Kurdish self-administration in the northeast of the country announced three injuries.
With the continued imposition of a night curfew and a ban on movement between provinces, the Syrian government has gradually begun to reduce isolation measures. Last week, it reopened the markets during the day and began developing a plan to reopen universities.
Al-Assad emphasized that the easing of measures should be linked to controls to limit the spread of the epidemic.
He said: “I think we are now in the transition phase to return to the opening (…) But the essence of this opening is controlled opening”, adding: “When we reopen these areas, we must determine for the citizens what are the controls to return to this field. “
The measures, taken quickly with the first recorded cases of the virus, had a major impact on the country’s economy, which essentially depleted all of its sectors from more than nine years of war.
Al-Assad considered that “in parallel with the challenge of health, the other challenge that arose from the crown and the pre-crown is the economic challenge and specifically the challenge of revitalizing the economy.”
He said that “nine years of war are not equivalent to just a few in the past few weeks,” noting that the closure procedures put “the general citizen in various sectors between two states: hunger, poverty and homelessness in exchange for disease. “
The war in Syria killed more than 380,000 people and caused the displacement and displacement of more than half of the population inside and outside the country. Infrastructure was destroyed, the economy was depleted, and various sectors, including the health sector, were depleted.
Health facilities have been severely damaged. According to the World Health Organization, about sixty percent of hospitals remained in service at the end of last year, while about seventy percent of health workers left the country.
Since 2019, economic crises have followed, with the lira hitting a record low against the dollar and a severe fuel crisis in government-controlled areas.
Food prices have risen 107 percent in just one year, according to the World Food Program, at a time when the largest group of Syrians is below the poverty line.
