BOUIRA- At least 180,000 boxes of hydroxy-chloroquine drugs will be "soon" provided to the central hospital pharmacy (PCH) in order to strengthen the fight against the new Coronavirus pandemic, Deputy Minister for Pharmaceutical Industry, Abderrahmane Lotfi Djamel Benbahmad announced Tuesday in Bouira.

ALGIERS- The slight increase in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases isn’t worrying for the moment, said Sunday, in Algiers, the spokesman of the Scientific Committee for Monitoring the Progress of Coronavirus Pandemic Djamel Fourar.

ALGIERS- The slight increase in the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, over the few past days, in Algeria is mainly due to non-compliance with barrier measures, the spokesman of the scientific committee for monitoring the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Djamel Fourar, said.

ALGIERS- The minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, Abderrahmane Benbouzid, said Thursday all prevention and medical resources have been made available to provide an appropriate care to patients impacted by the Covid-19 in the country's hospitals.

ALGIERS – Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, Abderrahmane Benbouzid, met in Algiers with Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Algeria, Eric Overvest and the WHO Representative in Algeria, Dr Bla François Nguessan, said a ministry statement on Sunday

ALGIERS- The Algerian Red Crescent (CRA) launched a one-day national campaign for blood collection on Sunday on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day.

ALGIERS- 104 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), 156 recoveries and 9 deaths have been recorded during the last 24 hours in Algeria, said Friday in Algiers Spokesman of the Scientific Committee in charge of monitoring the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic, Djamel Fourar, during the daily press briefing devoted to the evolution of the pandemic.

ALGIERS- The announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the resumption of clinical trials on hydroxychloroquine, nine days after having suspended them, reinforces the position of Algeria which has decided not to give up the use of this molecule in the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) treatment.

ALGIERS- The minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, Abderrahmane Benbouzid, said Wednesday "the results of medical monitoring show 98.02% of recoveries out of a total of 3,021 people infected by the novel coronavirus".

ORAN - The Oran University Hospital (EHU) has introduced the non-invasive ventilation (NIV) technique to care for Covid 19 patients with respiratory distress, director of the hospital, Dr. Mohamed Mansouri told APS.