Assad warns of disaster in Syria if the Corona pandemic breaks out

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad warned today that the country may face a real disaster if the incidence of the Corona virus pandemic rises dramatically and the numbers exceed the capacity of the health facilities, and the Syrian regime announced until 44 a confirmed time and 3 deaths.

In a speech to the governmental committee overseeing the procedures to confront Corona, Al-Assad said that the current low level of infection does not mean that Syria is out of danger, adding that the numbers "may rise suddenly within a few days or a few weeks, and a real catastrophe will occur in Syria."

Damascus imposed a curfew throughout the country a month ago after officially announcing the first case after weeks of denying allegations of medical sources and witnesses of injuries, and in addition to the figures announced by the system, the Kurdish Self-Administration in the northeast of the country said that it recorded three injuries in areas that Run by.

The Syrian regime eased isolation measures last week, and allowed a group of trades and commercial activities to resume activity, under pressure to reduce the economic impact on the already depleted country.

Health status
The World Health Organization says that only about 60% of Syria's hospitals were in service at the end of last year, while 70% of health sector workers left the country.

The United Nations and aid workers have warned that Syria is at great risk in the event of an outbreak of the Corona virus, in light of the deterioration of its fragile health sector and the lack of resources in a country torn by the war that has lasted for more than nine years.

On Sunday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that if UN agencies do not interfere in war zones like Syria and in poor countries, the Corona virus will spread again.

The UN official stressed in an interview with the Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera" that more than a billion dollars are needed to deal with the needs of refugees and displaced people in Syria, Afghanistan, Venezuela and other regions.