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Abiad: Number of requests for transfer of Covid-19 patients to RHUH is rising sharply

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03-08-2021 | 03:14

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Director of the Rafic Hariri University Hospital Firas Abiad said on Tuesday that 1710 shots were administered on Monday at the RHUH vaccination center with thousands others at other centers across Lebanon.

“Can vaccines stem the incoming Covid-19 tide? That is the aim, though the Delta variant is proving to be quite a challenge,” he stressed in a series of tweets.

Abiab also noted that recent data collected from the hospital’s laboratories show that 80% of positive PCR tests were in unvaccinated, 9% in partially vaccinated, and 11% in fully vaccinate patients.

“More importantly, the vast majority of patients admitted were unvaccinated,” he went on by saying.

On another note, Abiad said that the number of requests for transfer of Covid patients to RHUH is rising sharply.

“Clearly, many hospitals have not, or only partially, reopened their Covid units. It is important to know the current bed capacity, and measures to increase it should be taken,” he added.

Abiad also said that the rate of increase in the spread of Delta will be more apparent when the new Covid numbers are released tonight.

“Tuesday’s numbers tend to be the highest in the week, as they include some accumulated test results from the weekend. A new high number will be bad news,” he noted.

Abiad also stressed that the country finds itself in a worse condition on many fronts than it were a year ago.

“Attempts at improvements keep being offset by new developments. For vaccines, there came Delta. Yet, our luck is bound to change, we are due a break. Let us hope it will come soon, we need it,” he concluded by saying.

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