In a press conference held at the Ministry of Public Health, the White Minister announced that “the epidemiological surveillance teams at the Ministry of Public Health recorded an increase in the daily rate of injuries to one hundred and eight (108) cases, compared to less than forty cases per day in the previous stage.”
And he pointed out that “the positive rate of examinations increased to 12.7%, following it ranged between 5.5% and 6% at the beginning of last December. As for the number of patients in hospitals, it reaches seventy-one Corona patients, including seventeen in intensive care and four on respirators.
The Minister of Health said: “It is clear that there is a wave of Corona that has reached Lebanon in conjunction with the increase in the mixing rate during the festive period, as well as the high probability of infection during the winter season. The situation is still under control, and we expect the number of infections to decrease later, as happened in previous waves.”
The White Minister refuted the Ministry of Public Health’s measures, explaining that they “include an increase in corona and influenza infections, which have been very active this season and record a high number of cases in our society.”
The procedures are the following:
– Maintaining the epidemiological surveillance program at the highest level of preparedness to keep pace with the epidemiological reality and its development
The Ministry of Public Health provided PCR tests in a large number of government hospitals and laboratories at a reduced cost (one hundred and fifty thousand Lebanese pounds).
– Requesting government and private hospitals to increase their readiness and re-equip a number of departments that were designated for Corona and which were finally closed.
Securing the vaccine, as the Ministry of Public Health obtained a French donation of the new vaccine, Bivalent, which provides double protection once morest the Omicron and the old mutant. The invitation is directed to the most vulnerable people among the elderly and those who have incurable and immune diseases to obtain the vaccine, noting that the Ministry, in cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross, had carried out a vaccination campaign in various homes for the elderly once morest the Corona and cholera epidemics.
Al-Abyadh explained that “the current epidemiological situation does not require mandatory measures towards society, but rather the instructions required of everyone to follow personal protection methods, starting from wearing a mask to taking precautions in gatherings, especially closed ones.”
He said, “As for those who show symptoms of runny nose and cough, they must self-isolate and not mix, and if they are forced to leave the house, they must wear a mask.”
He added, “We rely on a sense of responsibility towards ourselves and towards society, and we encourage getting the vaccine.”
With regard to institutions, the white minister explained that “the ministry asked health institutions to re-examine the prevention measures followed with their workers and the need for them to obtain corona and influenza vaccines with the aim of increasing the rate of protection required for patients who will go to these institutions.”
He pointed out that “there is no tendency to close educational institutions at the present time while keeping the situation under surveillance. Likewise, with regard to the airport, where it is clear, and in contact with the World Health Organization, that there is no need currently to re-work the PCR examination, provided that the matter is reviewed if changes occur in the epidemiological reality.” New mutations appeared.”
