Three deaths and 328 new infections of COVID-19 were recorded in northwest Syria
Yesterday, Monday, the Early Warning Network recorded 328 new infections of COVID-19 in northwestern Syria, bringing the number of recorded infections to 29,129.
The network stated that 104 new cases were recorded in Aleppo countryside (59 in Afrin, 7 in Al-Bab, 9 in Jarablus, 2 in Jabal Samaan, 27 in Azaz), and Idlib Governorate recorded 224 infections (29 in Ariha, 111 in Harem, 81 in Idlib, 3 in Jisr al-Shughur).
The network recorded 38 recovery cases, 23 of which were recorded in Aleppo countryside(18 in Afrin, 4 in Jarablus, 1 in Jabal Samaan), and 15 were recorded in Idlib Governorate (1 in Ariha, 4 in Harem, 9 in Idlib, 1 in Jisr al-Shughur), bringing the total number of recovery cases to 23,506.
The Early Warning Network recorded three deaths during the past 24 hours, one of which was for a seven-year-old child, bringing the number of deaths from Corona virus recorded by the network in the liberated areas to 734 deaths.
The Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory of the Early Warning Network Program indicated that it conducted 1,242 analyzes of the Corona virus, bringing the number of analyzes it carried out to 176,990 in northern Syria.
Dr. Yasser Al-Farrouh, the coordinator of acute respiratory disease surveillance in the Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN), explained in a previous exclusive interview to Fresh, “The regions of northwest Syria are witnessing a very rapid increase in the number of recorded cases of Covid-19, as the positive percentage exceeded 30% among the analyzes.” The flu, which portends an increase in the severity of the spread, with the expectation of a similar increase in the number of deaths.”
Yasser stated, “What contributes more to the increase in the severity of the spread and the number of deaths is the absence of effective response measures on the ground at all levels, at the community level, or even the health system’s preparations to confront a new wave, and the new wave of infections may be devastating to the dilapidated health system.” In the liberated areas as a result of the war years.”
The campaign to vaccinate people with chronic diseases, the elderly, health and humanitarian workers against the Corona virus continues, in the liberated areas in northwestern Syria, under the supervision of the Syria Vaccine Team. It was launched on the morning of Saturday, May 1, 2021, in the Idlib governorate.
