The Egyptian Ministry of Health confirmed that it had received influenza vaccine doses, after a state of inability to meet the needs of citizens, as the demand for influenza vaccine increased greatly from citizens, which led to members of the House of Representatives submitting briefing requests to find out the reason for the delay in the arrival of the vaccine to Egypt.
Flu vaccine
The company responsible for the vaccines confirmed that the serum can be obtained from the outlets, and that the serum is safe and has been tested by being subjected to all analyzes, and the result confirmed the serum’s safety and that it is safe.
The company added that the vaccination period is valid for one year, and the delay does not harm the effectiveness of the vaccine, and citizens need the vaccine in the winter, as the influenza virus spreads in the winter, which increases the demand for taking the vaccine.
As for the serum dose, the company determined that children from the age of 6 months to 3 years only half the dose is spent, while children are more than three years old, and the serum is injected into the shoulder muscle or the front thigh muscle.
The influenza virus is a disease of the viral and contagious respiratory system, and this virus affects more than 10% of the world’s population, and infects 3 to 5 million serious infections, and the number of deaths ranges from 250 thousand to 500 thousand globally.
Flu vaccine distribution outlets
The Holding Company for Serums and Vaccines, “Vaccira” has started distributing the flu vaccine in a number of Cairo outlets, and the number of ports reached 10 in some governorates of Egypt. The Ministry of Health has received 750 thousand doses of the flu vaccine, of whom 500 thousand doses are distributed through family medicine units, and 60 thousand test doses are distributed, and the rest is distributed to pharmacies.
Holding company outlets for sera and contact numbers
Egypt flu price in Egypt
A single flu vaccine dose is sold at 65 pounds from the Ministry of Health’s Holding Company for Vaccines and Vaccines, while it is sold at 70 pounds in pharmacies.
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