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]".
Àtẹ̀jáde ọjọ́ kẹwàá, oṣù Ẹrénà kan ti The Voice of the Capital, Iwé ìròyìn Olómìnira kan ní ilẹ̀ Syria sọ di mímọ̀, pé àwọn elétò ìlera láti Ilé-iṣẹ́ Ètò Ìlera ilẹ̀ Syria sọ pé "Iṣẹ́ Ìmọ̀-ọ́n-mọ̀ṣekúpani ń wáyé ní ilé ìwòsàn ìjọba Al-Mujtahid ní olú ìlú ilẹ̀ náà, Damascus, fún àwọn tí wọ́n ní ìgbàgbọ́ pé wọ́n ní àrùn ọ̀hún ní tòótọ́, nípa fífún wọn ní àpọ̀jù oògùn tí ó máa ń rani níy"è.