Hariri Hospital Director: The Crown Committee will be at today’s meeting faced with a difficult decision …

The director of the Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Firas Al-Abyad, indicated through his Twitter account that Lebanon had 84 deaths from corona in the last four days, adding: “These deaths were the result of an infection that patients contracted more than two weeks ago, and it happened before the start of the general shutdown. This high death toll was the major concern that public health experts at the time recommended a blanket shutdown.
HQHT: “Yesterday’s report also included other important figures. In addition to the high number of cases (1859), the tests that were carried out revealed that the rate of positive examinations continued to exceed 15%. The number of corona patients in intensive care reached to 341 patients, which is among the highest rates recorded since the start of the pandemic, note that “all these figures mean that the Crown Committee at today’s meeting will face a difficult choice as to whether to extend the closure general “. The business sectors have registered record numbers of job losses and company closures. And lengthening the closure, especially with the arrival of the Christmas season, without giving any support to these sectors, will affect them negatively.”
Al-Abyad continued: “From the point of view of public health experts, easing closure measures despite the large number being recorded, specifically the high rate of positive examinations and the record number of intensive care patients, could lead to a deterioration of the current situation in Corona, and the high number of deaths will be another motivation for the demand for rigor. “
He said: “The main theme of this afternoon’s meeting will be risk reduction with the economy in mind. We all know that poverty is as bad for health as the Crown, and that the majority of society is in a financial situation. unenviable. Balanced decisions are always the best. We must not lose hope. It can be. ” Winter is hard, but spring must follow. “