The media spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that since Wednesday morning, civil defense personnel have dispatched 1,700 ambulances, including for 45 births, 220 kidney dialysis cases, 26 suspected cases of coronavirus, nine cases of suffocation due to heating devices. An additional 1400 ambulances were dispatched for sick people. 

The civil defense personnel also dealt with more than 972 people trapped in snow. They were evacuated to safe places without any injuries. Civil defense also dealt with an additional 188 rescue cases, due to traffic accidents, demolition, collapses, and other causes. 

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