News about the director of the Directorate for Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases in the Ministry of Health, Yasser Alfaroh:.
The number of cases of paralysis confirmed to be infected with the polio virus: two cases in al-Mayadeen in Deir ez-Zor.
Syria inherited a legacy of fragility and weakness in the health system, and reforming it will take years.
More than 70 percent of the primary health centers in Deir ez-Zor were not active.
The supply of vaccines is intended to cover emergency needs and comes as part of the preparations to respond to the isolated case of polio in Deir E-Zor.
We wish to operate by the end of the year about 70 to 80 percent of the primary health centers in the villages of Deir ez-Zor.
The Ministry of Health began to respond through epidemiological surveillance teams and response and vaccination teams even before laboratory tests of samples were completed.
The Ministry of Health recognizes children who have not completed their vaccinations, includes them in the routine vaccination program and transfers them to control despite suspected cases.
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