**4.10 COVID-19 precautionary measures**

The percentage of healthcare centres that met the target, partially or completely, varied widely among the different COVID-19 precautionary measures (**Table 18**). A low percentage of centres met the targets for some indicators, like emergency training of staff, or checking the temperature and breathing of staff or patients before entering the centre (18.2 per cent, each). On the other hand, a high percentage of centres met the targets for other indicators, like the requirements of washing hands frequently (81.8 per cent) or wearing masks (93.9 per cent). More comprehensive healthcare centres, compared to primary centres, met the targets for all


**Table 17.**

*Percentage of health centres that meet the target for each indicator of 'evaluation and feedback: Environmental cleaning and sterilization of reusable devices' according to the type of health Centre.*


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#### **Table 18.**

*Percentage of health centres that meet the target for each indicator of 'COVID-19 precautionary measures' according to the type of health Centre.*

indicators of COVID-19 precautionary measures, except for regular testing for COVID-19 and distancing and spacing the timings of appointments. However, these two indicators were met by only one-third (33.3 per cent) and one-quarter of healthcare centres (24.2 per cent), respectively. Moreover, three out of four healthcare centres (75.8 per cent) reported asking patients to wear masks and maintain distances, as shown in **Table 18**. It is interesting that only 60.6 per cent of healthcare centres reported COVID-19 cases to the Ministry of Health.
