On 3 April 2020, a nurse takes a girl’s temperature at a Primary Health Care Centre in Beirut, Lebanon.
Since 21 February 2020, when the first case of COVIR-19 was confirmed in the country, UNICEF has procured and delivered medical supplies to 194 Primary Health Care Centres. The supplies have included 650,000 pairs of gloves, 830,000 surgical masks, 34,000 N95 respirator masks, 26,750 gowns and 3,000 infra-red thermometers, among other health items such as goggles, head-covers and hand sanitizer. UNICEF has also provided over 215,000 litres of bleach, 5,200 litres of detergent and 1.3 million bars of soap to 260 social development centres and 1,200 public schools. Since the start of the outbreak, UNICEF has procured more than 90 percent of its COVID-19 supplies from Lebanese suppliers. Additional orders have been received and many more supplies will be delivered in the coming weeks. These results are part of UNICEF COVID-19 response in partnership with governmental, UN and civil society partners, including the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the Disaster Risk Management Unit (DRM), municipalities, WHO, UNHCR, the Lebanese Red Cross and Balamand University.
UNICEF is further procuring 4 custom made kits designed specifically for the COVID-19 emergency response:
- 500 Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits including gloves, surgical masks, N95 respirators, medical gowns, protective goggles and bleach for frontline workers.
- 100 Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) kits that includes gloves, surgical masks, N95 masks, medical gowns, protective goggles, alcohol disinfectant, hand sanitizer, detergent, bleach, tissue paper and waste bags for health workers at primary healthcare centres.
- 3,000 Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) kits for affected families that includes cleaning cloths, hand sanitizer, digital thermometers, alcohol disinfectant, medical cotton wool, soap, detergent, bleach, surgical masks, medical gloves, protective goggles, medical
Coahuila se ubica en la sexta posición a nivel nacional de las entidades que más casos positivos de Covid-19 en niños de los 0 a 17 años, según el informe de la Secretaría de Salud federal, hasta el 20 de diciembre.
El total de casos alcanzados en los primeros 10 meses de la pandemia, registra un total de mil 382 casos positivos, de los cuales, 10 han derivado en una defunción.
Cabe destacar que de los mil 382 casos registrados por el SIPINNA, 27 se encontraban en calidad de sospechosos, hasta el corte del día 20 de este mes.
A la fecha, la CDMX sigue encabezando el primer lugar de casos positivos con un total de 11 mil 553, seguido por Guanajuato con 3 mil 661 casos, Estado de México con 3 mil 385, Nuevo León con mil 947, Tabasco con mil 919 y en la sexta posición Coahuila.
