CNBC: Hospitals across the world are ‘just not ready’ for coronavirus, WHO official warns
* Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies program, said that hospitals worldwide “are just not ready.”
* The remarks follow the rapid spread of the virus beyond China.
* As of Friday morning, there are 4,351 cases in 49 countries outside of China and 67 deaths, WHO Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Hospitals across the world are not prepared to handle the coronavirus outbreak that is migrating from Asia to continents across the world, World Health Organization officials said Friday.
Health systems, even in more advanced countries, are “just not ready” for a COVID-19 epidemic, said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program.
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https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/02/29/Watch-Clinic-in-Iran-set-on-fire-believed-to-be-coronavirus-quarantine-.html
ReplyDeleteProtesters in Iran have set fire to Tohid Bandar Abbas Clinic where Coronavirus patients are being quarantined. #COVID19 #CoronaVirus #Pandemic
"A clinic in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas was torched on Friday because some people believed that coronavirus patients from another city were quarantined in it, according to Iranian media reports.
Rumors spread that 10 infected people were transported from the city of Qom, the epicenter of the virus in Iran, to Towhid Clinic, according to social media posts.
However, the semi-official Fars News Agency referred to the claims of people being transferred to the southern Bandar Abbas city as “unfounded rumors” and that this information “angered” some residents who then set fire to the clinic."
Parts of the story make no sense. Qom is clear across the country from Bandar Abbas.
ReplyDelete12 h 18 min (1,158 km)
Unless they are flying VIPS to a one of a kind medical center, it makes no sense.
Why would Bandar Abbas have better facilities than Tehran (capital) or Qom (holy capital?). Bandar Abbas is an export capital of the highest revenue generator for Iran and a military seaport.