In a March 10 report published in The Voice of the Capital, an independent Syrian newspaper, medical personnel from the Syrian Ministry of Health claimed that "deliberate termination operations are taking place at the al-Mujtahid government hospital in the capital, Damascus, for those who are believed to be carrying the virus, through giving them additional doses of the drug [anesthetic]".
A wani rahoton da aka buga a The ɓoice of the Capital ranar 10 ga Maris, wata jaridar Siriya mai zaman kanta, ma'aikatan lafiya daga Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Siriya sun yi zargin cewa "da gangan ana ta ƙarar da rayuwar waɗanda ake jin suna ɗauke da bairas ɗin a asibitin gwamnati na al-Mujtahid a babban birni, Damascus, ta hanyar ba su ƙarin wasu ƙwayoyi [magungunan hana jin raɗaɗi]".