Al-Sisi advisor: We will not obtain “zero corona lesions” … and 4 categories, the first with influenza vaccination (video)

Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din, Advisor to the President of the Republic for the health sector, said that what is happening in Egypt compared to European countries confirms that we have succeeded at all levels in educating citizens , and we must warn citizens and warn them to maintain measures so that we do not reach the second wave.

And he continued, during a telephone conversation with the media Azza Mustafa, in the program “Tahrir Hall”, on the Sada Al-Balad channel, that the only thing we hope is that the second wave will not arrive, and if there are reports based In other countries, it cannot be trusted because we have different circumstances, but if we abandon precautions. Maybe a second wave will come.

He added that the chances of contagion increase in the winter and the reason for concern about winter is that there is a confusion between the flu and the Corona, and there is a great similarity in the symptoms between the two and at the time of the corona, whatever Respiratory symptom is suspected of corona, and the cold and closing of windows in homes, transport and workplaces increases the chances of contagion.

Dr. Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din, advisor to the President of the Republic for the health sector, explained that the word second wave means increasing numbers after their decrease, and there will be no access to zero cases because the meaning of reaching the number zero is that the virus is over.

The adviser to the President of the Republic confirmed that the vaccination against seasonal influenza is the summary of the types of virus disseminated last year, so it is related to each season and there are certain groups first to be vaccinated, and there will be no possibility that vaccination reaches the entire population and the medical sector goes to the forefront of vaccination objectives because they are on the front lines of the fight and then people with chronic diseases, pregnant women and the elderly come, but there is no recommendation that all the population receives the influenza vaccine because world production is not enough for all the world’s inhabitants.

Dr. Awad Taj al-Din indicated that Egypt is in continuous and intense negotiations, and access to the Corona virus vaccine is being secured with all institutions working to produce the vaccine, be it the Jaffe Foundation or others that They distribute the vaccine worldwide, and this will not happen until it is approved by the World Health Organization.