Please check WHO's Coronavirus (COVID-19) ] dashboard for statistical updates by following the link here or bellow
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Highlights
- On Monday 21 July, WHO instructed Jordanian authorities not to count coronavirus cases for non-Jordanian truck drivers who were denied entry at the borders. Hence, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Jordan has decreased by 110 cases.
- The number of recovered cases had decreased as announced by the Ministry of Health on Thursday 23 July. No explanation was declared by them so far. However, this decrement might be due to cases that were already discharged from hospitals (recovered) and were re-admitted due to new complaints or symptoms. But we are still waiting for the Ministry of Health clarification.
- The MoH released and encourages people to use a mobile application named ”Sehtak صحتك” (in Arabic) that can be downloaded from both Google Play and Apple Store. This mobile application is very rich in content that includes guidelines and information about COVID-19, in addition to several monitoring tools.
- The MoH started to impose the wearing of electronic bracelets to monitor and follow-up the compliance to the instructions by people under home quarantine.
- The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) has released an interesting report on Jordan’s response to COVID-19, which describes Jordan as a success story from a public health perspective, but with high social and economic costs.
- The government announced the reopening of different sectors according to the phased matrix dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, which allows greater freedom of movement as of Saturday, June 6, with some exceptions, after reaching the level of "moderate epidemic threat".
- The movement hours will be from 6:00 am to 12:00 am, and shops will be allowed to open from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm.
- The working hours at the health centers were resumed to be as usual, from 07:30 to 13:45 hours.
- Patients are required to make an appointment via telephone before visiting the HC to prevent crowdedness.
- MoH encourages people to download and use a mobile application called “Aman” (“Safety”), which alerts users when they are suspected of being exposed to COVID-19 by contacting a person who is diagnosed with this condition, and help track their contacts after that.
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- The numbers were not updated on MoH website.
- UNRWA Siblin isolation center has received Palestinian refugees as well as persons with other nationalities; and both confirmed COVID-19 patients and persons who are required to quarantine but have not tested positive. In addition, some refugees are first isolated in Rafik Hariri Hospital and only transfer to Siblin isolation center when they no longer need the hospital’s additional medical supervision.
- The Lebanese ‘general mobilization’ has been extended until at least 2 August 2020. Since 1 July, curfew and movement restrictions have been lifted and all public and private sector companies can operate normally. All citizens and establishments remain required to follow health guidelines against the spread of COVID- 19, including by wearing face masks, maintaining a safe distance, and avoiding overcrowding.
- Until 26 July, 54 cases of COVID-19 were registered among Palestine refugees in Lebanon.
- In coordination with UNRWA, the Ministry of Public Health is carrying out random screenings of 4,000 persons (both refugees and non-refugees) in Palestine refugee camps to measure the nationwide spread of COVID-19.
- The government has reopened Rafik Hariri International Airport since 1 July. Extensive measures are being implemented to limit any spread of COVID-19
- Since the discovery of a COVID-19 case amongst a staff member (tested 6 July, confirmed 9 July), LFO has halted its return-to-work policy and re-instituted a work-from-home policy for all except essential staff.
- Health centers are open from 07:15hrs until 14:45hrs.
- All health centers have been implementing triage to separate patients with respiratory symptoms from those who have other medical concerns (NCD, maternal health, etc.).
- Health staff use PPE as appropriate.
- Patients are required to make an appointment by phone before coming to the health centre.
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- Nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 were detected among Palestine refugees in Syria. Seven cases are currently being treated at hospital, and the other two unfortunately died at Alassad Hospital.
- There are two hotlines at each HC; one is with the Medical officer to answer patients’ questions (over the phone medical consultations), the second one is with the clerk to receive calls for booking appointments for patients to reduce crowdedness at the HCs. Campaigns are being run in the local communities to raise their awareness about the importance of making appointments before
- The health programme in Syria field started implementing the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) project ( Health & Wash ) as a response to COVID 19 transmission. This project aims to provide 1,800 of UNRWA staff with full PPE and to distribute hygiene kits to households (the project’s duration is 6 months).
- UNRWA Health Programme is in continuous coordination with the Syrian MoH the country’s WHO office, other UN agencies and NGOs on all issues relevant to the actions taken to protect people, including Palestine refugees in the camps, from COVID-19.
- All HCs continue to implement the triage system to isolate patients with respiratory symptoms from others, and only urgent cases are referred to hospitals.
- Hotlines are functional and offer telemedicine services to patients before they visit the HCs.
- Staff at all HCs continue to offer health awareness to patients.
- The provision of psychosocial support to staff continues by 15 psychosocial counselors.
- Regular health services are being resumed at all HCs gradually.
- Delivering medicines to the homes of NCD patients continues
- The health sector is trying to find a solution to the huge differences in the exchange rate of the US$, which affects the procurement of the required personal protective equipment (PPE).
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The data presented above is based on the daily update by the Palestinian MoH at 12:00 pm local time.
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Highlights
- Health centres and health points conducted the following activities during the last week:
- Total consultations at the medical points were 12,049.
- Respiratory cases triaged were 2,151, which represents 18% of outpatient cases.
- The total number of phone calls received through the toll free lines at all HCs was 35.
- Visits to the homes of people with disabilities were 6 visits.
- Medicines were delivered to the homes of 753 patients.
- Palestinian authorities announced on 5 of August, that all West Bank will be in lockdown every weekend until further notice from Thursday 09:00pm until Sunday 7:00am (except for pharmacies, bakeries, supermarkets). Critical humanitarian movement in official agency vehicles is permitted.
- All governorates West Bank-wide during the week:
- Movement between governorates is allowed, including public transportation subject to the MoH safety measures.
- In addition to banks, factories, shops, and other facilities opening, restaurants, coffee shops and sport clubs will be allowed to open with 50% capacity subject to the MoH safety measures in all governorates.
- Total lockdown from 12:00 midnight to 7:00 am.
- Infected neighborhoods, villages, and camps will be in lockdown to prevent the virus spread.
- Fines will be issued for breaches of safety measures – masks and gloves should be worn, and social distancing and hygiene measures followed.
- The number of recovered cases had decreased as announced by the Ministry of Health on Thursday 30 July. No explanation was declared by them so far. However, this decrement might be due to cases that were already discharged from hospitals (recovered) and were re-admitted due to new complaints or symptoms.
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Highlights
- All health centres continue working and most of services are resumed except for NCD screening.
- By the end of 4 August, the total number of medical consultations in the medical points were 185,110.
- Respiratory cases at triage represent 27.9% of outpatient cases.
- Total number of calls received through the toll free at the HCs since 31 March is 128,745.
- Home visits for disabled cases (elderly, injured , mental health cases) from 31 March until 4 August were 1,679 visits.
- The number of follow-up phone calls by health staff to patients is 108,146 (mainly to NCD and maternal cases).
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Photos from UNRWA's health centres in the fields
Gaza
A nurse assesses growth measures for a child
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In addition, as Supplement to the HD Annual Report 2019, a report on the "First 100 days and beyond: UNRWA’s health response to covid-19 pandemic" has also been released and can be accessed via the following hyperlink:
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More Info
Websites for updates on the statistics concerning COVID-19 cases
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 For any questions, please email us at: unrwa-covid19@unrwa.org.
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