CAIRO: The Egyptian Cabinet has announced that 500 hospitals have been allocated to treating coronavirus patients.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly also confirmed that daily oxygen availability monitoring is happening in all hospitals nationwide and that there is sufficient reserve in all governorates.
He stressed the importance of wearing face masks in public and crowded places, adding that the Ministry of the Interior issued more than 21,000 immediate fines for those violating the precautions.
Minister of Health Hala Zayed announced the launch of a presidential initiative to follow up on coronavirus patients isolated at home.
Starting from Wednesday, the initiative will measure patients’ temperature and oxygen blood saturation, while also checking for any symptom developments.
Zayed said that the program would be carried out through 5,400 health units and medical centers, in addition to allocating medical teams to visit homes equipped with tablets to record all of the data.
The minister added that 800 medical car convoys have been stationed in areas with high coronavirus infection rates, using the Ministry of Health’s surveillance system.
Patients in these locations are monitored periodically and in the event of any complications, they are quickly transferred to a hospital.
The minister affirmed that the infection rate curve had remained stable during the last eight days.
Egypt allocates 500 hospitals to treat coronavirus patients
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Egypt allocates 500 hospitals to treat coronavirus patients
- Madbouly confirmed that daily oxygen availability monitoring is happening in all hospitals nationwide
- Health minister announced the launch of an initiative to follow up on coronavirus patients isolated at home
Syrian government foils Daesh plot to attack churches and New Year celebrations
- Bomber kills soldier in Aleppo, detonates explosives injuring 2 others
ALEPPO, DAMASCUS: The Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that it had thwarted a Daesh plot to carry out suicide attacks targeting New Year celebrations and churches, particularly in Aleppo.
The ministry said in a statement that, as part of ongoing counterterrorism efforts and careful monitoring of Daesh cells in cooperation with partner agencies, it had received intelligence indicating plans for suicide attacks targeting New Year celebrations in several provinces, particularly Aleppo, with a focus on churches and civilian gathering areas.
The ministry added that it took preemptive measures, including reinforcing security around churches, deploying mobile and fixed patrols, and setting up checkpoints across the city.
During operations at a checkpoint in Aleppo’s Bab Al-Faraj district, security forces intercepted a suspected Daesh member who opened fire. One internal security soldier was killed, and the attacker detonated explosives, injuring two others.
Daesh recently increased its attacks in Syria, and was blamed for an attack last month in Palmyra that killed three Americans.
On Dec. 13, two US soldiers and an American civilian were killed in an attack Washington blamed on a lone Daesh gunman in Palmyra.
In retaliation, American forces struck scores of Daesh targets in Syria.
Syrian authorities have also carried out several operations against Daesh since then, saying on Dec. 25 they had killed a senior leader of the group.
