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Third case of coronavirus in Lebanon
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OLJ02/27/2020
Lebanon has registered a third case of infection with the new coronavirus (Covid-19), the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday. He is an Iranian national who arrived in Beirut on a flight from Iran on Monday.
In a statement, the ministry said
the infected man is 77 years old and was on board the plane that landed Monday morning at Beirut International Airport. "The man was transported from his home by the Lebanese Red Cross as soon as the first symptoms appeared," said the ministry. "He is currently in an isolation room at Rafic Hariri University Hospital and his condition is stable," said the ministry. He finally calls "all people arriving in Lebanon from endemic countries to" comply with the quarantine measures at home and to contact the authorities at the following number, 76 952 699 , as soon as the slightest symptom appears ".
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced a second case of Covid-19 infection, a Lebanese woman who was on a religious visit to Iran which lasted seven days before returning to Lebanon on February 20 on board the flight on which was the first patient of 45 years, also of Lebanese nationality.
40 suspected cases in the last 24 hours
In its daily report, the Rafic Hariri hospital announced on Thursday that it had admitted to its emergencies "40 suspected cases during the past 24 hours, all of whom have carried out the necessary medical examinations. Nine of them have been quarantined, while the rest must observe home insulation. " "Clinical tests were carried out on 36 cases. Thirty-five of them were negative, and only one was declared positive. In addition, eight cases which were in quarantine (in the hospital) were able to leave the "establishment and must put themselves in isolation at home, during two weeks. These people all received the instructions and the equipment necessary for this, according to the recommendations of the WHO, after two tests with coronavirus were negative", explains the hospital. "
The Lebanese Council of Ministers endorsed on Tuesday the measures taken by the ministerial crisis cell to limit the spread of Covid-19 in the country, in particular that of controlling movements from and to endemic regions (China, South Korea, Italy and Iran) as well as to ban religious pilgrimages to countries affected by the epidemic.
In this context, the Lebanese embassy in Iran on Thursday called on Lebanese nationals still in different Iranian regions to "be extremely careful and follow the medical and health instructions announced by the Iranian Ministry of Health and the World Organization of health ". The embassy has made a number available to Lebanese in Iran: +989 123 846 201. In case of emergency, contact via WhatsApp: + 989 901 212 168.
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