Minister of Health May Kaileh confirmed today, Friday, the recovery of 17 citizens infected with Coronavirus who were among the first infected at the Angel Hotel in Bethlehem, in addition to the recovery of 19 other people who were in contact with those infected, and announced that there was an infection New ones in Salfit, while it announced the decrease in the number of people with corona to 31 patients.
"17 patients in Corona recovered from Covid disease, 19 were present at the Angel Hotel in Bethlehem, and 19 citizens who had contact with the injured were quarantined," Kila said during a press conference held at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Ramallah.
The agent confirmed the occurrence of a new injury to a citizen of Salfit, who arrived from Pakistan yesterday, Thursday, after the exit of 17 injured citizens and declaring their recovery, and registering a new injury in Salfit, the number of injured became 31.
"The laboratory results showed the three repeated times that were conducted for the 17 injured, according to international medical protocols similar to those recovering, and based on the recommendation of the global medical protocols, we will allow patients and contacts to return to their homes with the necessity of their full home commitment for 14 days, to continue to take their heat twice." Every day, the recovered have to be well nourished and have home care, in addition to medical care by the Ministry of Health during the other 14 days of the stone, after that the ministry will re-examine it after 14 days from the date of the exit, and if the result is negative (i.e. not absorbed) Ben) Each of them will lead a normal life. "
Kaileh stressed that the reasons that led to the recovery of the injured and the absence of complications were the first of which are the full commitment to the instructions issued by the Ministry of Health in relation to the Corona virus, and that the commitment to the instructions is to spare our people from the risk of infection with the virus.
Kila touched on the issue of rumors of corona injuries among the prisoners, who emphasized that there was no injury, and said: "But we will remain interested in the issue of the prisoners and we do not know the prisoners whether they are injured or not, and also the greatest danger is the issue of crowding and feeding the prisoners, but I assure the prisoners and their families that there are no casualties until we contacted the International Red Cross, and we demanded their humanitarian responsibilities to give the prisoners the care that any other citizen receives under these difficult circumstances, and we hold the occupation authorities responsible for their health and lives. "
On the other hand, Kaileh said: "We are now in the stage of containing the virus, we must continue going forward on the issue of quarantine, and the recovery of the injured through which we cannot guarantee other cases, we still need to complete the existing plans to fight corona, and we may need to narrow The situation is over, and we are still at the beginning of the road. "
And she continued, "We do not know the focus from which the virus came, which is rapidly spreading and affecting, and it is incumbent upon anyone who comes from anywhere to Palestine to quit himself for 14 days morally and nationally, because the disease forces us to do so in order to limit its spread."
In turn, government spokesman Ibrahim Melhem said in a speech during the conference: "The teams of the Ministry of Economy and in all governorates, in cooperation with the governorates and the security services, work to stabilize prices, and that any of the merchants who raise prices, expensive or monopoly will be subject to the law."
And Mahalim continued, "There is no need to flock to foodstuffs so that prices do not rise, and anyone who raises prices is subject to the law, and the Ministry of Economy staff conducts field tours to ensure price stability, and those who raise prices or monopoly will be subject to the law."
