Lebanon: “Corona” closes Saida Serail … and 200 injured in Roumieh prison



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The number of people infected with coronavirus in Lebanon’s central Roumieh prison rose to 200, amid complaints that prisoners did not cooperate with the prison’s health administration and did not comply with necessary health measures, while The spread of the virus led to the closure of the Soul Registry and the Finance Department in the South Lebanese governorate to citizens. As a result of the presence of Corona virus infections among employees.

The Governor of the South, Mansour Daou, issued the decision to close the Register of Souls in the state Saida Brigades, after a positive case of an employee was verified, and official bodies began to work to monitor the contacts of the injured among employees and ensure that the necessary controls were carried out to verify their negative or positive condition, in order to build on their requirements.

On the same site, the Financial Authority closed for the second time in two weeks as a result of the increase in the number of infected people to three, after registering in the first week the appearance of a positive case for an employee in the tax office , to add between yesterday and today the contagion of other employees with the epidemic.

The heads of the departments that operate in Saraya Sidon highlighted the “need for citizens who come to governor to adhere to preventive measures, under penalty of being prevented from entering.” And three confirmed cases were detected in the province’s finances.

And the Health Authority of the South Governorate announced that “12 contacts of the wounded were detected in the Sidon Population Registry, led by the head of the department, and all were engaged in home quarantine for 14 days.”

Coronavirus cases are growing in northern Lebanon, as announced by the Corona Crisis Monitoring Cell in the Tripoli District, in its daily bulletin, “The record of 42 positive cases, while the Monitoring Cell of the Corona Crisis in Zgharta District documented, in its daily bulletin, “Record of 10 New Positive Cases”.

For its part, the Corona Crisis Tracking Cell announced that 38 positive cases had been registered, in addition to 9 cases in Koura and another 9 cases in Akkar.

The south was not better, since the daily report of the Crisis Cell in the Union of Municipalities of Jabal Amel – Marjayoun pointed out that “according to the report of the doctor of the Marjayoun district and the municipalities, 7 new cases were registered and the municipality de Khiam decided to close the Isa bin Maryam school in Khiam (administrative and educational). Until next Monday morning, for a positive case ”.

Meanwhile, the head of the Beirut Medical Association, Sharaf Abu Sharaf, called for speeding up the trials of prisoners to reduce their numbers in Roumieh prison in light of the Corona pandemic, as there are more than 200 confirmed cases in she.

The Roumieh prison health official said that the prison administration took all necessary precautions, in coordination with the “World Health Organization”, the Ministry of Health and the created “Prison Medical Care Committee” by the Medical Association. He revealed that there are more than 200 confirmed cases of corona, but the main problem lies in the inmates’ lack of cooperation with the health administration in the prison and their failure to comply with the necessary sanitary measures. This is a dangerous matter, as this test cannot be passed and passed except with the cooperation between the patient and the medical team that treats him and applies preventive measures, otherwise the infection will spread and affect everyone.

The Beirut Medical Union Crisis Cell praised the decision of the Minister of Justice, Marie-Claude Najm, to discuss the special amnesty project with the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, which would help to reduce overcrowding in prisons , thus reducing the risk of Corona infection.



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