Damascus, SANA_ The Minister of Health Nizar Yazigi has stated that no cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been detected in Syria until today.<\/p>\n
The Minister, in a press statement on Thursday evening, stressed that Health Ministry is the only source about this subject, not what are being circulated on websites of rumors and baseless news.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen an infection exists it will be announced immediately,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n
The Minister indicated that the Ministry is continuously working through 1,126 epidemiological investigation teams deployed throughout Syria.<\/p>\n
Starting from next Saturday, March 21, there will be telephone advice lines for citizens on medical conditions, including queries and questions about the coronavirus, the minister said.<\/p>\n
Citizens who came from outside Syria and are in quarantine center will be transferred to Damascus International Airport hotel and al-Dweir medical center will be rehabilitated within a week maximum, according to Yazigi.<\/p>\n
He explained that the quarantine center is a place of residence and not of treatment, adding that the place of treatment is in the intensive care units of hospitals.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Health confirmed that four quarantine centers are being prepared in Damascus and that al-Dwair center will remain a place for precautionary quarantine, while the work in the other places began about four days ago and will take some time.<\/p>\n
Gh.A.Hassoun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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