Damascus - Sana
During its meeting today, headed by Prime Minister Hussein Arnous, the government team concerned with measures to address the Corona epidemic discussed developments in the spread of the virus and the readiness of the health system to deal with infections, and asked public authorities to adhere to decisions and procedures related to limiting the spread of the virus and securing cloth masks for workers and sterilization supplies, especially when using the fingerprint device. .
The government team approved the plan of the Ministry of Health in terms of expanding the health centers that provide the vaccination service against the virus by opening all medical centers in the governorates to provide this service and using mobile teams for this purpose as well, in addition to allocating mobile teams to visit ministries and public authorities to give the vaccine to those who wish among the workers, stressing the importance of Employees in hotels and restaurants, and the teaching and administrative staff in the Ministries of Education and Higher Education and Scientific Research receive the vaccine.
Engineer Arnous stressed the need to take more effective steps to ensure adherence to the decisions and circulars issued regarding preventive measures to limit the spread of the virus, especially at this stage that is witnessing an increase in infection rates and the importance of raising awareness among citizens to adhere to precautionary measures and encourage them to take the vaccine as the most consistent option with The current health and economic reality and international experiences.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Hassan Al-Ghubash, indicated that work is currently underway according to Plan B, within almost the full capacity, with the necessary arrangements and preparations to move to Plan C in terms of expanding the number of beds in hospitals to the maximum extent and benefiting from the beds in specialized hospitals in all governorates.
The government team assigned the Ministry of Health to coordinate with the Ministries of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Information to hold awareness seminars on the seriousness of the epidemic and the necessity of taking the initiative to receive the vaccine.
It is noteworthy that work is continuing to prepare Dummar Hospital, which will be designated to accept intensive care patients, with an oxygen generation station and emergency hospitals in the countryside of Damascus, Homs and Aleppo, with the possibility of placing Harasta Hospital in service for the benefit of pandemic patients when necessary.
