Sarraj’s deputy health minister, Mohamed Haitham Issa, who has taken the lead in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, is reportedly planning to transfer health-care responsibility to the municipalities, claimed that 10 southern regions had received medical equipment to launch laboratories for testing Coronavirus suspected cases .

According to a statement published by the ministry, this came during a celebration attended by mayors.

These municipalities received medical supplies and equipment to raise the readiness of hospitals located in the south within the framework of fighting the spread of Coronavirus epidemic

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