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The Minister of Public Health in the interim government, Dr. Hamad Hassan, announced that “the scientific committee of the Ministry of Health leads, given the significant increase in cases in Corona, three recommendations that will be presented to the Corona Ministerial Committee that will meet in Saraya: First: the general closure for a period of two weeks, renewable According to the data recorded in the field, second: Highlighting the increase in the number of intensive care beds in private hospitals that ten months ago gave up their duty humanitarian and national, third: request the security services to strictly apply preventive measures and propose fines to those who do not adhere to the mask and avoid overcrowding. And discuss the possibility of closing some areas if there is no possibility of closing the entire country.
In a televised interview, Minister Hassan explained that “there is no way to close the airport, but there are controls that will be discussed, starting with the obligation to quarantine arrivals at hotels for a few days and then accompany them through the municipalities” .
In an evaluation of the previous stage, the Minister of Health emphasized that “neither party can run on the scientific committee of the Ministry of Public Health in its realistic approach aimed at protecting people”, saying that “the basis of the decision to open the country in the way that took place during the holidays was wrong. “
He criticized “the economic bodies and the owners of the institutions that carried out a sit-in, appealed and failed the previous general closure on its tenth day under the slogan that they will abide by the measures, but what happened is exactly the opposite,” and we have eaten the beating ”, and the Ministry of Health will bear the consequences of what happened. Jealousy for interests ”.
“Negligence and non-compliance with procedures is a game on the edge of the abyss, and a society that cannot shut itself up has to show responsibility for its disciplined behavior.” If stakeholders want the state to respond to them, then they have to live up to the responsibility. He asked, “Why don’t we have foresight?”
He revealed that “the percentage of positive cases remains the same, that is, fourteen percent. It is not true that the rush to carry out the tests increased the number of cases.” He also explained that “the incidence rate per 100,000 people was registered in the majority in the last seven days in the districts with the majority of Christianity.” What appears to be an epidemiological conflict, while more than a dozen hospitals in Beirut and Mount Lebanon have not equipped intensive care beds for Corona patients. How will resistance occur in this case? “And he went on to ask:” Is it permissible for a university hospital classified as class A not to be equipped with an acceptable number of beds to keep up with the epidemiological reality?
He pointed out that “out of his eagerness and love, he presented the situation to the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bashara Boutros Al-Rai, given the motivating and conciliatory role played by the authorities that help hospitals respond to the law of public mobilization,” noting that “the Ministry of Public Health has published a list showing the failure of hospitals. The Ministry of Public Health has done what it should in terms of transferring conciliation contracts, total fees and ensuring the cost of Corona’s hospitalization with the World Bank loan, to show the irresponsible handling of the Coronavirus in front of society and the media . In every country in the world, and under the pressure of the epidemic, hospitals have allocated twenty to thirty percent of their intensive care beds to Corona patients, unless it happens in Lebanon. On the other hand, he pointed out that St. George Al-Hadath Hospital has secured forty intensive care beds for Corona patients, so is it the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Health to raise its financial ceiling or not? “
He greeted the St. George – Al-Rum Hospital, “which, although it suffered great damage after the port explosion, intended to allocate the Canadian hospital presented by former Minister Elias Bou Saab to receive Corona patients.”
“Providing private hospitals with an additional fifty beds for intensive care will constitute an important supporting advance,” he said, adding that the Ministry of Public Health, which has continued to equip government hospitals with 296 intensive care beds, has purchased a hundred of additional beds with all the necessary equipment that will arrive on the 18th of this month and will need to be installed in a period of two or three weeks. This family will be placed in the emergency room of public hospitals, with the possibility of agreeing with private hospitals to place the family in it in the form of a temporary service for the desired objective, which is to increase the number of beds to meet the needs of patients . Freeze this loan.
Regarding Pfizer’s request that the contract with it include the lifting of its responsibility in case the person experiences serious symptoms, Minister Hassan explained that “when states register the exceptional use of any drug, there will be a law that protects to the company producing the drug for any legal dispute. Therefore, it was agreed to present a bill to the House of Representatives and to include an arbitration clause in the contract in the middle of the agreement of all those involved to remove legal and material obstacles, with the assurance that these negotiations will not affect the obtaining of the vaccine at the specified time before mid-February.
He pointed out that “whoever is infected with Corona will not need to be vaccinated because the level of immunomodulators against the virus remains high for six or eight months, unless examining the level of these antigens shows that they are no longer high”, reiterating that “The target groups for vaccination in the first stage are the medical body and the elderly suffering from incurable and chronic diseases.
He noted that “the Ministry of Health will facilitate the registration of all vaccines that meet the conditions and standards in terms of effectiveness and safety,” stating that “there are private companies negotiating with the ministry to bring vaccines from Russia and China,” pointing to “To encourage the introduction of vaccines that require not very low levels of conservation, noting that the price will be maintained and there will be no exploitation or monopoly.”
Source: National News Agency
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