Published : 08-04-2020
A set of precautionary measures have seen the day at UNRWA clinic in Khan Eshieh refugee camp to prevent COVID-19 contaminations.
UNRWA said in a statement that contacts have been held with the Syrian Health Ministry and the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) to allot teams to identify patients with respiratory disorders at the clinic as a precautionary measure against UNRWA.
Diabetes and patients with hypertension will also receive medicines for two months. Relatives of elderly patients will have to show up at the clinic to get medicines on their behalf. Visits for expectant women will be canceled. The agency also suspended routine tests for diabetes, patients with hypertension, and pregnant women. Children will continue to receive the prescribed vaccinations.
A set of precautionary measures have seen the day at UNRWA clinic in Khan Eshieh refugee camp to prevent COVID-19 contaminations.
UNRWA said in a statement that contacts have been held with the Syrian Health Ministry and the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) to allot teams to identify patients with respiratory disorders at the clinic as a precautionary measure against UNRWA.
Diabetes and patients with hypertension will also receive medicines for two months. Relatives of elderly patients will have to show up at the clinic to get medicines on their behalf. Visits for expectant women will be canceled. The agency also suspended routine tests for diabetes, patients with hypertension, and pregnant women. Children will continue to receive the prescribed vaccinations.
