The Corona pandemic has affected the supply of otherwise sick people in the world difficult. The findings of a survey conducted by the world health organization (WHO) in may in 155 countries.
“Countries need to find innovative solutions to during the struggle against Covid-19, the major health to maintain services for non-communicable diseases,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday.
Covid-19 the disease that can be caused by the Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2.
Restriction of the patient care
According to the survey, 31 percent of the countries had to supply in acute cardiovascular problems to restrict or completely interrupt. 42 percent of cropped the care of patients with cancer, 49 percent for Diabetes patients and more than half could not get the supply in people with high blood pressure how else to maintain.
Rehabilitation programs were reduced in 63 percent of the countries. Screening programmes, such as for the detection of breast cancer, were also affected. Particularly strongly to the cuts in low-income countries were.
Mainly Need To Cancel An Appointment
In most cases, appointments have been canceled, because the staff for the treatment of Covid-19-was deducted patients, or because people could not come because of the nightlife restrictions on dates.
To non-communicable diseases, 41 million people will die according to WHO estimates, every year. The 71 percent of the deaths in the world.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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