Health investigates deaths at home: injury rate | Phalanges

The Minister of the Interior and Municipalities, Muhammad Fahmy, confirmed to Al-Akhbar that today the fate of the complete closure will be resolved. The director of the Rafic Hariri Government Hospital, Firas Al-Abyad, pointed out that the most prominent indicator that causes concern is that the Ministry of Health is currently investigating to find out the reasons that led to the lack of recourse to hospitals.

The Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote that “the decrease in the number of coronavirus infections announced by the Health Ministry in the last two days does not give much reason for optimism.

While the daily check-up rates exceeded 12,000, in the last 24 hours around 6,000 examinations were performed (that is, half the rate), 1041 of which had a positive result and 11 deaths were recorded (the total deaths amounted to 911). In other words, the percentage of positive controls remains the same and is estimated at 15%. Does this mean that the complete closure has not yet been translated?

The Minister of the Interior and Municipalities, Muhammad Fahmy, confirmed to Al-Akhbar that the “fate” of a full closure will be resolved today, after there was talk last week about revising the closure last week and then extending it as it unfolds. they continue to register injuries.

In his tweet on Twitter, Firas Al-Abyad, director of the Rafic Hariri Government Hospital, said that while positive tests remain high, “we have not witnessed any significant increase in new cases or in the number of patients in critical cases. nor in the number of deaths ”. The positive effects of the blanket shutdown “will begin to appear.”

However, according to Al-Abyad and others concerned about the Corona file, the most prominent indicator of concern is related to the registration of some deaths due to viruses at home, and “the Ministry of Health is conducting investigations to find out the reasons that motivated the lack of recourse to hospitals. Were these risks not estimated or were they contacted the competent authorities and did not get a response? More importantly, did they try to take refuge in hospitals and did not find a place for themselves? “As asked by the member of Corona’s scientific monitoring committee, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Bizri, noting that the results of the research will be in the hands of the committee in the coming days.

At this time, a large part of those involved in the health file are focusing on the part related to the vaccine “that Lebanon is expected to receive on February 10,” Hassan confirmed two days ago, noting that have entered into the first negotiations with the company “Pfizer”. Lebanon is at the forefront of the countries that will receive the vaccine. Regarding the technical difficulties associated with refrigeration, Al-Bizri, who heads the scientific committee related to the study of vaccines, confirmed that the committee is developing proposals to facilitate technical matters. He indicated that Lebanon will continue to be in contact with companies concerned about other vaccines, “because the pressure on the first vaccine, the danger of its interruption and other factors that lead to its limitations are contained.” He explained that the Ministry of Health plans to require that around 40% of the population in Lebanon after the first quarter of next year receive the vaccine. Will the vaccine be free? Al-Bizri mentioned that the negotiations with “Pfizer” were direct, that is, “there is no agent to which the profits go, which facilitates the possibility of distributing the vaccine for free because the state does not usually sell vaccines.”