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Advisor to the President for Health and Prevention: Diabetics are more likely to be infected with the Coronavirus

Dr. Muhammad Awad Tajuddin, Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health and Prevention Affairs, said that diabetes is one of the diseases that reduce immunity, and a diabetic is more likely to contract Corona virus, and all patients with chronic diseases.

The President’s Health Advisor emphasized that health care, when politically supported, is accomplished a lot, and we have great medical expertise that has been exploited during the crisis.

He pointed out that there are cases and there is an increase in cases at this time due to overcrowding, school buses, closures of windows, and severe lack of commitment to wearing masks.

Dr. Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din added that the presidential initiatives were influential during the past period in many diseases, noting that initiatives such as 100 million health contributed to treating a large number of citizens, especially diabetics, and thus contributed to reducing infection with the Coronavirus.

He pointed out that the Corona virus has existed for a long time and comes from bats, but no one can be sure that it was congenital or natural, but the reality confirms that we have disease and infected people, and the priority is to treat them and have a vaccine for it.

This came during the seminar held by the President’s Advisor at Fayoum University, in the presence of Dr. Ahmed Jaber Shedeed, President of the University, deans of the colleges, and a number of students

Dr. Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din held a meeting with the deans of the colleges at the university due to the effort made by the university hospitals in general and the university hospital at Fayoum University, especially in treating cases of Corona virus patients, because of its high-quality medical and technical capabilities..

The advisor to the president emphasized that the greatest burden in facing the Coronavirus pandemic falls on the medical staff, many of whom have been infected and died.

Dr. Ahmed Jaber Shadid indicated that the university hospitals at Fayoum University are witnessing continuous development, whether in terms of new hospitals and departments or at the level of new colleges, to which the Physiotherapy College has recently been added, which will enter service during the next few years, explaining that the isolation hospital at the University Hospital can accommodate (120) A well-appointed bed.

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