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Benin facing the coronavirus pandemic: The situation under control, according to the Minister of Health
By Josu? F. MEHOUENOU, July 6, 2020
Headings: Health | Comments: None
Minister Benjamin HOUNKPATIN
Update on the situation of coronavirus disease, management of the national response and management of death cases. These are the highlights of an interview with the Minister of Health on Sunday, July 5, on National Television. Benjamin
Hounkpatin, speechless, conducted an inventory of the epidemiological situation, reassured of the government's commitment to take the best decisions and invited the population to strictly respect the barrier gestures.
Despite the swelling contamination figures and the ensuing death toll, Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin remains calm. The situation is under control, the minister appeased during a television interview on Sunday, July 5 to take stock of the current situation in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. "In any epidemic of this kind, there is always this phase of growth which must be faced before experiencing the decrease until arriving at the zero case, so it is a natural forecast", reassured the Minister of Health . If this is the case, why lift the cord and relax certain restrictive measures? There were no more reasons to maintain it, maintains the minister.
In terms of epidemiological distribution, the majority of cases are concentrated in the former zone of the sanitary cordon. The epidemiological situation is estimated around 1,300 cases with 21 deaths. More than a third of these cases have already been cured. The remaining 2/3 are in care either at home or in health centers. 75% of these cases are concentrated in the former cordon cordon zone, namely the Littoral, Atlantic, Ou?m? departments and the rest scattered throughout the country. "If so far, the majority of cases have shown minor signs, we have more and more serious cases and it is these cases that can unfortunately lead to deaths, despite the measures taken by the government," warns the minister. . Should we establish a correlation between the opening of places of worship and the rise in cases of contamination? “The government has taken the measure of things and regularly reassesses the situation through consultations with religious denominations and to assess compliance with the measures. If barrier gestures are respected, while promoting the opening of places of worship, there is no reason to link this to the increase in cases, "he said. What Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin insists on is that the government makes it a point of honor to regularly assess the situation, which allows it to read better in order to make the right decisions.
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There is no reason to worry
"There is no reason to worry about certain measures taken by the government," said the minister. “At one point, we had a lot of imported cases, but more and more, we have cases of community contamination. It is within the community that transmission is currently taking place and the reason is non-compliance with barrier gestures, "explains the minister. At the same time, the Minister of Health sees no link between the organization of the elections and the increase in the number of cases of contamination in recent days. "This is not really what explains the outbreak of the cases otherwise we would have had this outbreak for a long time," he nuances. The role of humidity in the peak was also widely discussed.
“The rainy season coincides with an increase in the number of cases throughout the coastal area. The other regions of the country that are warm do not really have new cases, "bemolises the minister. Still, we should not fear the worst, he reassures. "When we try to get used to the idea that the evil is there, it is imperative to respect the barrier gestures and the ability to transmit the evil is less," he said. "The less people will respect barrier gestures, the more cases we will have. Obey obedience when it comes to rules. The germ turns around us, but until we have sent it into the airways, we cannot have it or transmit it if we have the mask and opt for hand washing and gel cleaning hydroalcoholic, "he urges. As many as the elderly, many young people contracted it and some died from it, "he said.
