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S\u00e3o Paulo -The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened social and economic gaps in Brazil and elsewhere. So said Dr. Riad Younes, Marketing vice president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) during the panel \u201cAssessment of the COVID-19 Impact on the Main Markets and Analysis of Competitiveness and Innovation in Halal\u201d on the first day of the Global Halal Brazil, the first halal forum in Brazil, held by the ABCC and the Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil (FAMBRAS Halal).<\/p>\n

He spoke about how the public healthcare system will probably receive investments on a global scale, as without it, the world wouldn\u2019t have overcome the pandemic crisis. He added that the healthcare sector was affected regarding the medical care for both chronic and treatable diseases, and that we need more healthcare professionals, as many were lost while working in the front lines fighting the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe treatment for chronic diseases was slowed down. Patients aren\u2019t doing their check-up exams for an early treatment of severe chronic diseases, and the mortality that had decreased sharply in the last decades was up again such as from heart attacks as we struggle to handle the deceased because we\u2019re late in the elective treatment due to the ICU occupancy across the world,\u201d Younes said. He said that over the last months, the healthcare system started \u201ccutting down\u201d the waitlist of patients in need of care.<\/p>\n

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Riad Younes discussed the impacts of COVID in healthcare<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Younes also addressed the impact on patients that were infected by COVID-19 but didn\u2019t die. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re calling \u2018chronic COVID,\u2019 patients with extremely severe lung, heart, brain, mental, neural diseases that will overload our healthcare system, too,\u201d the doctor said.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Younes said COVID-19 made it abundantly clear how the whole world needs to focus on public healthcare. \u201cPublic healthcare proved to be the only support able to fight this severe disease. It was not he private nor the public-private systems but the public systems that vaccinated, handled the overload of deceased people. So all countries are focusing again on the need for investments and leverage on the public healthcare systems,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

The doctor said the scientific research for all chronic diseases, apart from COVID-19, was practically delayed by two years. \u201cThis certainly impacts our capacity to have able, healthy people in the short term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Finally, Younes said the pandemic will dramatically affect markets even if we stop the spread soon. \u201cIn the long term, the impact on healthcare will be too large, from consumers, manufacturers to the lack of doctors and nurses. I believe this\u2019ll have a major impact in the long term in the Arab, Islamic countries, Brazil, and the whole world,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n

Other topics of the panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

The panel featured professor doctor Kamola Bayram of KTO Karatay University (Turkey), OneAgrix CEO and cofounder Diana Sabrain, as well as Serunai Halal Centre of Excellence head Mohamed Jabal Bin Abd Rahim. The moderator was Brazilian National Confederation Industry (CNI) International Integration Policies Fabrizio Sardelli Panzini.<\/p>\n

Sabrain discussed the importance of traceability technology via QR code and the need for fast-tracking process digitization for halal foods and the entire supply chain.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Jamal showed how the pandemic has impacted all business sectors, particularly in the market, the competitiveness and the innovation of halal products, including halal certification. He believes it\u2019s necessary to implement more technology for certification. Certification processes have gotten slower and certification requests are down. He believes the problem is the contamination of the supply chain like mixing halal and non-halal foods.<\/p>\n

Kamola Bayran discussed the impact on the education in Islamic economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The forum is supported by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), BRF, Pantanal Trading, Portonave, and Iceport.<\/p>\n

Follow the complete forum coverage:<\/em><\/p>\n