Dr. Alaa Eid, Head of Preventive Medicine Sector at the Ministry of Health, said that the current korna disease is the third type of corona disease, and in 2003, Egypt responded to SARS and was prevented from entering the country, as well as many infectious diseases during the past years.
He pointed out that the first declaration of the World Health Organization on the disease on January 7, and accordingly the Minister of Health, Dr. Hala Zayed, held the state of emergency and held a series of meetings, and a plan was put in place to prevent the entry of the disease to Egypt and deal with it when it appears and early detection, and Egypt is considered one of the first countries That developed a plan to address the disease.
The head of the Preventive Medicine Sector at the Ministry of Health added, during a telephone conversation with the media Amr Adib, on the story program, which is broadcast on the channel mbc 2, That a definition of the cases was established according to the World Health Organization, and the cases of quarantine readiness were raised in various sectors, and the immediate isolation of any suspected case, and a circular was published to meet any situation, and there are no infected cases in Egypt, and everyone works to detect passengers coming from Cruises and air, indicating that the corona treatment is a symptomatic treatment only, and there is no vaccine and medicine for the disease and its treatment so far in the world, such as coughing and feverishness.
And Dr. Alaa Eid explained that instructions were issued to travelers to China to avoid mixing with people with chest infections, or dealing with animals because the virus is transmitted a lot through them, food must be cooked well, and wearing respiratory masks.
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