Aims: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing global pandemic. In Syria, the first case was reported in March 2020. This study was aimed to investigate the incidences of COVID-19 in the Banias and Alkadmos areas in Tartus, Syria, in 2021. Methodology and results: Our data were obtained from the records of Banias and Alkadmos hospitals. The results were inferred by analysing data for 1026 COVID-19 patients. About 58.4% of total cases were among males and 41.6% were among females. Most patients were living in rural areas; 73% compared to 27% in urban ones. The severity of the disease varied between patients. About 67.4% of cases needed to be hospitalized for treatment, most of which were from the elderly. The same was noticed with the mortality rate, with 14.5% of total cases and 66.4% of them were older than 65. Conclusion, significance and impact of study Our study indicated that age and gender are risk factors for contracting COVID-19.
COVID-19 ; Syria

Urinary schistosomiasis(bilharziasis), caused by digenetic bloodfluke, is an endemic disease in Africa, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, but not in Korea. We report one case of urinary schistosomiasis in Korea, who worked in North Yemen, with the review of literatures.
Africa ; Endemic Diseases ; Iran ; Israel ; Korea ; Lebanon ; Saudi Arabia ; Schistosomiasis ; Schistosomiasis haematobia* ; Syria ; Yemen