Unprecedented COVID spread plagues health sector in Syria's Daraa
The number of COVID cases has increased steadily in most of the cities and towns of Daraa during the past few weeks amid a deteriorating health sector.
According to several medical sources in Daraa province, southern Syria, the number of registered coronavirus cases have exceeded 52,000 infections from the beginning of October until Nov. 17.
This surge in infections comes amid a collapsing health sector in the province, and the medical centers’ inability to contain the pandemic and provide basic health services, prompting them to launch popular initiatives to collect donations in a bid to secure the necessary treatment supplies.
According to local media organizations, the number of COVID-19 cases during the same period last year were not as high, taking into account that most probably the current number of infections and deaths are higher than those announced by the Health Ministry in the Syrian government.
Daraa 42 media network reported that the increasing number of cases has resulted in isolation centers being fully occupied, and that many locals are reluctant to be admitted to government hospitals opting to stay at home instead.
