Category: Health Care

In its daily report on the latest COVID-19 developments on Friday, Rafic Hariri University Hospital indicated the below:

– Number of examinations conducted in the hospital’s laboratories during the past 24 hours: 314

– Number of patients infected with Coronavirus currently in the hospital for follow-up: 50

– Number of suspected cases of being infected with Coronavirus during the past 24 hours: 4

– Number of recovered patients in the hospital during the past 24 hours: 8

– Total number of recoveries at the hospital to-date: 1148

– Number of cases transferred from the intensive care unit to the isolation unit after improvement: 1

– Number of critical cases inside the hospital: 25

– Number of Deaths: 1

The report also reminded that the Covid-19 Vaccination Center at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital remains at the service of citizens Monday to Friday, and can be reached at the land line number 01-832070 or WhatsApp number 70-056182.

Source: National News Agency

Tripoli The Director of the National Center for Disease Control, Dr. Badr Al-Din Al-Najjar, announced that about 100,000 citizens have received the first dose of the new anti-Corona virus vaccine in Libya.

On the campaign that was launched during the past few days, Al-Najjar affirmed that 200 thousand doses of the Russian “Sputnik” vaccine had been distributed, then 75 thousand of the British AstraZeneca vaccine, and then 150 thousand injuries of the Chinese “Sinovac” vaccine.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Jadu, The municipal council and the supreme committee to combat the Corona epidemic in the municipality of Jadu confirmed a significant decrease in infections that is “zero”, noting that the municipality had not recorded any cases of the Corona epidemic for nearly a week.

In a joint statement published on the municipality’s official page, the council and the committee praised the efforts of the competent authorities and the response of the people of the city of Jadu and their commitment to the precautionary measures, especially wearing masks.

The statement said that the city avoided an epidemic catastrophe represented by the spread of community infection with the emerging Corona virus in the past two months.

The statement called on the citizens of Jadu to continue to adhere to the precautionary measures during the blessed Eid al-Fitr and to refrain from mixing, not to shake hands, and to avoid visiting the elderly to keep the level of the epidemic receding.

On April 25, the municipality of Jadu announced the launch of the national campaign for vaccination against Coronavirus in the municipality with three vaccination centers: the Jadu Health Care Unit, the Jadu Health Care Center, and the Shakshuk Health Center.

The municipality said in a statement, that the vaccinations will be done according to the statements contained in the system announced during the past days, explaining that the vaccination for the rest of the groups will be according to what will be announced and received from the National Center for Disease Control.

Source: Libyan News Agency

The Ministry of Public Health asserted, in a statement on Saturday, that “since the launch of the national vaccination plan, it has been investigating every reported case regarding serious and non-critical side effects of vaccines, through the collaboration of its pharmacovigilance risk assessment committee with specialized scientific committees to determine the extent to which these symptoms are related to vaccines from a scientific and medical point of view.”

The statement indicated that Lebanon is one of the few countries that decided to adopt this procedure, similar to developed countries. “Accordingly, the causes of deaths reported by the media and social media sites are being investigated, in terms of their connection with receiving the vaccine,” the Ministry affirmed, stressing that it would announce with full transparency the final report conducted in accordance with the applied principles.

Recalling what the World Health Organization has confirmed in regards to the benefits of the vaccine which are much more than its side effects, the Health Ministry urged citizens not to hesitate in reporting any symptoms they suspect are due to receiving the vaccine since early notification is a preventive and medical necessity.

The Ministry also reminded citizens that it is “the reliable reference in following-up on every case with all its details.”

Source: National News Agency