Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj al-Din, the president’s advisor for health and prevention affairs, said that international institutions will grant countries of the world certain percentages of the Coronavirus vaccine if it is produced, indicating that Egypt has secured doses of the vaccine that are sufficient for 20% of the population, explaining in a phone call to the program «Happening in Egypt », Presented by journalist Sherif Amer on MBC Egypt, Thursday evening, that the state is working on drawing up a map to identify priority groups for getting the vaccine.
Tajuddin explained that the priority groups include the medical sector, and people with risk factors such as the elderly, people with chronic diseases and pregnant women, stressing that no single vaccine or drug has been announced to treat a particular Corona commercially, until the moment.
On the one hand, Dr. Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din, Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health Affairs, confirmed that the new Corona vaccine from Pfizer is taken in two doses, indicating that the virus will not disappear before 2021, and it is possible that the virus will give seasonal symptoms if the winter season enters.
Taj al-Din explained, during a phone call to the ninth program, the presentation of the journalist Wael Al-Ibrashi, and broadcasted on the Egyptian Al-Awali satellite channel, that the end of the Corona virus may be in late 2021, indicating that the precautionary measures and masks are the most important means of preventing Corona, stressing the need for attention With preventive measures, we are still in the stage of surveillance and follow-up, and caution and precautions must be taken to prevent an increase in cases of the virus, saying: “The state has provided 2.7 million doses of the seasonal influenza vaccine.”
Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, presented during the cabinet meeting today headed by Dr. Mustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, a report on the current situation of the new Corona virus in Egypt..
The minister explained that the age stage most affected by the emerging corona disease in Egypt ranges between 35 and 50 years, with a rate of 30.7% of the total injuries, and the highest age stage in the death rates in Corona from the age of 60 and over, rates ranging between 33% and 35%, and does not exceed The death rate from corona in children is 1%.
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