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Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the number of cases in Van almost doubled compared to last month, so they focused on the city. Minister Koca said: “While this vaccine has decreased in some provinces where the number of cases has increased before, unfortunately this is not the case for Van. In this sense, Van has become one of the centers that we have taken into account. as Ministry of Health. “The increase in the number of patients in Van almost doubled compared to last month. When we look at the last week, this increase is around 17 percent. “
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca arrived in Van, where the increase in the number of patients is the largest compared to last month. Upon arrival at Ferit Melen Airport, Minister Koca was received by the Governor and Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, Mehmet Emin Bilmez, Deputy Van Abdulahad Arvas, the Provincial Gendarmerie Commander, Brigadier General Yüksel Yiğit, and the provincial police chief, Ali Karabag. First, Minister Koca, who visited the governorate, held a short evaluation meeting with Governor Bilmez after signing the honor book. After the meeting, Minister Koca made a statement on the measures taken and to be taken in the fight against the coronavirus.
‘WE HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION’
Minister Koca, stating that they have examined Van, whose number of cases is increasing, said: “We are among you to conduct examinations in our city of Van. We began our visit by meeting with our governor and making an assessment of the general situation. The course of the coronavirus epidemic in Van and our two important agenda items for our investments in health. We especially focused on the increase in patients in Van. We had the opportunity to obtain information and consult on the topics related to the course of health services, their needs and demands for solutions. The ancient city, which has a long history, is a city that has a dynamic population with its agriculture, commerce and tourism. With the coronavirus epidemic, we see that the needs are going gradually increasing and we try to take our steps accordingly.In our previous meeting, despite the investments made in the center or from the city and districts, Van needs investments and sanitary facilities where project studies are carried out. We also got detailed information, “he said.
‘WE TAKE VAN UNDER THE FOCUS’
Explaining that there has been an increase in the coronavirus epidemic that we have been fighting since March, Minister Koca said: “The number of patients has increased throughout the country. However, as you know, this increase does not show a homogeneous distribution. In some provinces, the number of patients remained constant or decreased, in some provinces where the epidemic was previously controlled. ” As you know last week, we did research in Diyarbakır, Şırnak, Batman, Mardin, Şanlıurfa and Siirt provinces. We have seen a decrease of 30 to 70 percent compared to a few weeks ago in these 6 provinces and these decreases have pleased us. Unfortunately, the same is not the case. Van has become one of the centers that we examine as the Ministry of Health in this regard. It has become one of the provinces where we have seen a large increase in patients recently. The increase in the number of patients in Van has almost doubled compared to last week. When we look at the levels of 17 percent increase, “he said.
Emphasizing that there has been intensity at regional hospitals in recent weeks, Koca said:
We have problems not only in Van, but also in our Central Anatolian provinces in general. We continue our struggle with the close coordination that we have with our provincial governors and medical chiefs and our health army. We are experiencing a great intensity in Van that started 3 weeks ago. With the fast and effective interventions that we made in this period, the current situation. We can say that there is no problem in our health institutions in this regard. We quickly increased the number of our film crew, which was 80 in Van, to 128. That is, each crew consists of 3 people. A total of 128 people are currently conducting contact screening in the field. period, we reduced filyasyo time from 27 hours to 16 hours. we want to do more to cut down and make filyasyo day on. Always underline. Get in touch with early detection on how we can control outbreaks so that we are successful. Turkey in the world, one of the contact controls of the best filyasyo in that country. This is our strength, also in Van. we drove aha. We hope to see the impact of this in the coming days. “
15.6 PERCENT OF PATIENTS OVER 65 YEARS IN VAN
Minister Koca noted that Van’s elderly population rate over 65 is 4.2 percent and the rate of patients over 65 is 15.6 percent.
“According to the population, we see that there are cases older than 65 years and the number of patients is almost 4 times. The majority of our intensive care patients in the province are citizens over 64 years of age. I would like to express it especially. It is extremely important that our elderly, that is, our elders, can be specially protected. The increase in cases over 65 years poses a serious risk in this regard. It is extremely important to prevent our youth from contacting adults. We must also focus on people with positive contact with sensitivity. Forgotten precautions make us all suffer. We all see these tables, which compromise cleanliness, masks and distance. In this regard, I would like to invite all our compatriots in the region, especially Van, to stick with the measures. Today we are here to see the situation in the region on the spot and find solutions to problems that require urgent intervention. We carry out our provincial evaluation meetings with the participation of our Provincial Health Directorate, field coordinators and chief physicians. We will match you. We will also consult on new measures that can be taken in this regard. Then, we will do a regional assessment with the participation of the provincial health directors of Van, Muş, Bitlis and Hakkari, chief doctors and field coordinators. Thus, we will obtain information on the situation of these 4 provinces “.
Minister Koca conducted examinations at the Van Regional Training and Research Hospital after the declaration in the governorate. Then the husband went to the 112 Emergency Call Center in Edremit district. Minister Koca is expected to hold an assessment meeting here during the day with the participation of health directors from Van, Bitlis, Hakkari and Muş provinces.
