An outbreak of the Omicron mutant in northwestern Syria, with the suspension of support for medical organizations
Idlib Health announced an outbreak of the Omicron mutant in the area, which is full of camps for the displaced and lacks the minimum conditions for prevention and social distancing, due to the deteriorating humanitarian conditions, medical services, and lack of support and equipment.
Idlib Health Directorate warns of a rising curve of mutated infections
Today, Friday, the Health Directorate called on the people to be careful and to take the Corona vaccine after the outbreak of the Omicron mutant pandemic in the region about two weeks ago and the increase in the infection curve on the impact of the results of the tests that included samples from Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo, indicating that 65 percent of them showed infection with the new, fast-spreading mutant compared to The first and second wave, and explained that adherence to health standards and the dose of the vaccine would reduce the expected peak of infection in the coming days.
According to statistics, yesterday, Thursday, the number of injuries reached 93,592, after recording 109 injuries distributed in the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo, with the risks of diseases and epidemics that have begun to threaten the people living in the camps recently due to the interruption of support for medical organizations and the scarcity of therapeutic drugs, including oxygen devices, for 18 hospitals. And a health center in the countryside of the province.
Low turnout for corona vaccine exacerbates suffering
The directorate clarified in a statement at the beginning of last January that the rate of those vaccinated, which amounts to only 5 percent of the total population, does not achieve the required immunity to confront the virus, including 106 thousand and 508 people who received one dose and 98 thousand and 76 people who received two doses, calling for an increase in the demand for taking the drug. Doses in the declared center to besiege the pandemic.
Including the director of the hospital of medical personnel, we entered a state of depletion of treatment resources in warehouses
The dangers of stopping medical services support for Corona patients in the region did not exclude children and women. According to the people in charge of the Ibn Sina Hospital for Children in Idlib and Al-Rahma Hospital in Darkush, it has begun to witness an increase in the demand for care and to cover the needs of the parents, including more than 600 children who come daily to the children’s hospital They suffer from bronchitis and respiratory disorders due to the cold wave that hit the area and the use of heating materials that are not suitable for use in light of the scarcity of resources. More than 30 thousand patients receive similar care in the General Hospital in Darkush, distributed among about 750,000 people, according to the director of the hospital, Ahmed Ghandour, who explained in A statement at the beginning of February that stopping the hospital support led to the withdrawal of several departments from service, including the emergency department, operations, children, incubators, and the laboratory.
A campaign on social media to support the medical sector
In an attempt to draw attention to and mitigate the risks of the disaster threatening the people, the team of response coordinators and activists launched a campaign about a month ago on social media under the title “Support Idlib Hospitals” to resume support for the medical sector, including the support of the World Health Organization, which announced more than a week ago efforts to find Funding for 18 hospitals that stopped serving due to the cessation of support.
A news report by: Majd Suri
