WHO said more than 50% of medical facilities in Beirut were "inactive" after the big explosion on Wednesday.
After evaluating 55 clinics and medical centers in the Lebanese capital, "we know that more than 50% are inactive," WHO regional emergency response director Richard Brennan said today at a
Three major hospitals are not working and three other hospitals are operating below normal capacity, he added.
The explosion of ammonium nitrate storage at the port of Beirut on August 4 left at least 171 dead, about 6,000 injured, severely damaged facilities in the Lebanese capital, and left more than 300,000 people in the scene.
WHO on 11/8 said that too many people being homeless threatens to accelerate the spread of nCoV in Lebanon.
WHO on 7/8 called for a donation of $ 15 million to pay for emergency medical needs in Lebanon, where the health system has been struggling due to a lack of medical supplies and medicine due to the financial crisis.