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The Minister of Health of the Lebanese interim government, Hamad Hassan, warned today (Monday) that his country is approaching the European stage after the number of new infections by the Corona virus “reached a peak” in recent days.
As of last night, the victim counter registered 44,482 cases; Among them, 406 dead, while 111 towns and villages have been imposed isolation measures since yesterday morning for a period of 8 days, without imposing a generalized closure in the country that is going through its worst economic crises.
“The contagion rate in Lebanon is 120 for every one hundred thousand people per week, and this percentage, which is considered the peak in the registration of wounded, brings us closer to European scenarios,” said the Minister of Health during his presidency of a encounter in ministry. He warned that the mortality rate “reached its peak in recent times, registering 1.2%”, and asked “not to underestimate this percentage.”
Hassan emphasized that “success in the bold decision to close multiple cities is the last chance.”
The inhabitants of the towns and villages that are the object of the decision, as announced by the Ministry of the Interior at the end of the week, must “stay at home”, with the interruption of work in public and private institutions and the cancellation of social events and religious, with the exception of health institutions, pharmacies and bread ovens.
The Health Ministry is currently working to increase availability to secure 300 intensive care beds, according to Hassan, after the Beirut port explosion on August 4 prevented this goal from being achieved.
The Health Minister urged the private hospital sector to respond more quickly. As only 15 private hospitals out of a total of 130 receive “Covid 19” patients, which is usually “a defect and an evasion of responsibility.” He warned that “we do not have the luxury of time, and all hospitals require responsible participation to help the Lebanese citizen.”
Authorities fear that the large increase in the number of injuries could confuse the already fragile health sector in the country, especially because of the pressure that the Beirut explosion placed on the capital’s largest hospitals, with the presence of a large number of victims and the removal of at least 3 hospitals from the service.
On Saturday, there were 1,321 cases, in a record number of injuries.
Dr. Firas Abyad, director of the “Rafic Hariri University Hospital”, which is leading efforts to tackle the epidemic in the country, tweeted on Sunday: “Many hospitals have reached capacity and some patients need to stay in the emergency or travel long distances. to get a bed in intensive care. ” .
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