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Hadeel Farfour wrote in Al-Akhbar:
The increase in the number of injuries in the last two days has spoiled the calm spirit that prevailed in the last two weeks, imposing a new level of preparation that could lead the country to close again. While some of the “rebel” expatriates have been charged with domestic quarantine, the events impose a distribution of responsibilities among the authorities responsible for monitoring the quarantine, as well as other factors that may increase the possibility that Lebanon is exposed to a second wave of the epidemic.
More than two weeks ago, Iman Al-Shanqeeti, the representative of the World Health Organization in Lebanon, warned in a press conference with the Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, that Lebanon did not exceed the danger stage, and advised to continue general mobilization for another two weeks. He noted that any relief from the mobilization must be carried out deliberately and gradually, while Hamad said, for his part, that there is no “zero injury” and that decisions can be made accordingly, saying that the government will continue the measures “so as not to be exposed to a second wave of pandemic”. Corona », to avoid the resumption of the high number of injuries.
In the last two days, the characteristics of the bad scenario have emerged, with 49 injuries registered (13 cases on Saturday and 36 cases yesterday), 34 of which belong to residents and 15 among expatriates.
In principle, the injury meter increase was expected with the return of some 8,500 expatriates since April 5. This increase would have been acceptable had it been limited to recording injuries between arrivals, which means that the epidemiological curve remains “under control”. However, registering injuries among residents is what sounded the alarm.
According to the Ministry of Health, all new cases among residents are in contact with expatriates who eventually arrived in Lebanon and did not adhere to home quarantine procedures, prompting a curse on social media sites against some of the expatriates. that they were not responsible and “lost the efforts of two and a half months of stone”, knowing that An important part of the responsibility falls on the relevant authorities in charge of monitoring the quarantine, be it the Ministry of Health through its delegates or the Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities by instructing the municipalities to strictly implement the procedures.
Apart from this discussion, other factors increase the fear of the continuation of this scenario, the most prominent of which is the evident evasion in the last ten days of the mobilization measures and the meetings that the country witnessed in demonstrations and in a “attack” on markets and shops. In other words, residents, in turn, bear some of the responsibility in the coming days if the meter continues to rise.
In addition, questions arise about the seriousness of monitoring the implementation of the conditions that accompanied the reopening of the country, as well as questions related to the feasibility of the tests carried out in the regions and the criteria on which they were based (in light of the recognition by the Minister that 85% of Lebanese are vulnerable to the epidemic without symptoms). These are all factors that make it imperative not to limit liability to expatriates and to pay attention to the shortcomings surrounding the crisis management mechanism that may be wreaking havoc in the days ahead.
The vice chairman of the Lebanese Committee to Combat the Crown, Dr. Muhammad Hamiyyah, expected that it will touch the thousandth of injuries by the end of this month, noting that what is happening is not “a second wave of the epidemic, but the result of recklessness that happened in the last days and we are reaping its results today. ” He told Al-Akhbar that breaking the “digital stability” stage would delay cases of full recovery until July 20, calling for caution in the coming days.
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