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 Democratic Forces withdraws from east of Aleppo
RIYADH: Syrian Democratic Forces have withdrawn from positions east of Aleppo, according to SDF head Mazloum Abdi.
He announced Friday that SDF will withdraw from east of Aleppo at 7 AM local time on Saturday and redeploy them to areas east of the Euphrates, citing calls from friendly countries and mediators.
Hours earlier, a U.S. military designation had visited Deir Hafer and met with SDF officials in an apparent attempt to tamp down tensions.
The U.S. has good relations with both sides and has urged calm. A spokesperson for the U.S. military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Shortly before Abdi’s announcement, interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa had announced issuance of a decree strengthening Kurdish rights.
A wave of displacement
Earlier in the day, hundreds of people carrying their belongings arrived in government-held areas in northern Syria ahead of the anticipated offensive by Syrian troops on territory held by Kurdish-led fighters.
Many of the civilians who fled were seen using side roads to reach government-held areas because the main highway was blocked at a checkpoint in the town of Deir Hafer controlled by the SDF.
The Syrian army said late Wednesday that civilians would be able to evacuate through the “humanitarian corridor” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and then extended the evacuation period another day, saying the SDF had stopped civilians from leaving.
There had been limited exchanges of fire between the two sides in the area before that.
Men, women and children arrived on the government side of the line in cars and pickup trucks that were packed with bags of clothes, mattresses and other belongings. They were met by local officials who directed them to shelters.
* with input from Reuters, AP
