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Al-Akhbar wrote: For the first time in about two weeks, the number of corona injuries among residents in Lebanon dropped to less than 400, and the Ministry of Health announced in the evening that 396 residents and 19 expatriates had been injured ( 415 total wounded), bringing the number of actual wounded to 14.96..
These injuries were recorded in about 9,000 examinations, which is the usual daily rate. However, the increase in injuries registered in the health sector remains worrying. As it reached 23 yesterday, bringing the number of infected to 697, compounding the threat posed by medical personnel, who are forced to withstand the second wave of the virus expected in early winter, before the vaccine is available. early in the new year. At this time, the pressure on beds and intensive care rooms continues, with a high number of injuries requiring hospitalization. A total of 366 people yesterday, 106 of them are in intensive care.
Health Ministry sources told Al-Akhbar that it is too early to judge the decline in residents now, and “we must monitor the meter for the next few days,” indicating the importance of taking it as an indication to encourage the continuity of the commitment to prevention measures and social distancing measures in order to continue to reduce the number of injuries. . However, he pointed out the need to monitor the continuous deaths, after four new ones were announced yesterday (all of them due to chronic diseases), raising the total number of deaths to 191, about 57% of them over 70 years of age..
In addition, the eye is still on the north, specifically in the city of Tripoli, which alone registers around 20% of injuries per day, according to Deputy Muhammad Kabbara, who warned that things would get out of control, which “It will have catastrophic repercussions in the face of weak medical capabilities.” The Interior Minister in the interim government, Muhammad Fahmy, called for “the application of the general mobilization law in the city” and the Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, to make all the capacities of the ministry available to public and private hospitals from Tripoli. (…).
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