On Wednesday morning, the Prime Minister, Joseph Jouthe, met with a delegation from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) around the actions of his Government in the area of ​​prevention and Covid-19 coronavirus control.

The Prime Minister expressed the commitment and the mobilization of his Government to take all the necessary measures to deal with this pandemic. Informing that he was seeking to mobilize funds for the construction, strengthening and equipping of emergency and isolation health facilities to accommodate possible cases of coronavirus.

He told the PAHO/WHO Mission that 3 buildings had already be identified in the chief towns of the departments of North, South and Artibonite and informed of the construction of another building in Ouanaminthe, a structure prefabricated that can isolate potential patients who test positive for coronavirus.

He also informed that the Haitian Government is working to set up a "task force" hhttps://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30170-haiti-coronavirus-important-meeting-at-the-national-palace.html bringing together all public sector institutions, private and international partners in the context of the prevention of Covid-19 Coronavirus.

PAHO/WHO has handed over 500 screening tests to Haiti and promised their assistance to the Government in the context of measures to combat the Coronavirus Covid-19. The Mission confirmed that PAHO and WHO intended to help build laboratory capacity in Haiti and improve the control and surveillance structures of the Ministry of Public Health.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30298-haiti-covid-19-daily-bulletin-march-18-2020.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30290-haiti-covid-19-daily-bulletin-march-17-2020.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30258-haiti-flash-new-measures-for-travelers-related-to-covid-19.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30230-haiti-notice-preventive-measures-against-the-risk-of-introduction-of-covid-19.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-30229-icihaiti-health-port-au-prince-is-preparing-for-the-arrival-of-covid-19.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30218-haiti-flash-haiti-among-the-most-vulnerable-countries-face-the-covid-19.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30191-haiti-health-religious-rally-and-preventive-measures-against-covid-19.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30165-haiti-flash-first-case-of-covid-19-in-the-dominican-republic.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30143-haiti-flash-health-alert-of-the-ministry-of-health-on-the-coronavirus.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30039-haiti-health-the-caribbean-and-latin-america-trained-in-the-detection-of-covid-19.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-30015-icihaiti-health-haiti-now-has-the-means-to-detect-the-new-coronavirus-covid-19.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29893-icihaiti-coronavirus-toussaint-louverture-international-airport-under-surveillance.html

HL/ HaitiLibre