Egypt vaccinated 80% of population with anti-COVID vaccines: Ministry – Egypt Today

Egypt vaccinated 80% of population with anti-COVID vaccines: Ministry – Egypt Today

CAIRO - 6 December 2022: The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population revealed that it has vaccinated more than 80 percent of the population, highlighting a great demand by citizens to receive the doses.

The Ministry of Health and Population said in a report that the influenza and corona vaccines are available at vaccination centers, adding that the treatment protocol for patients is available in more than 80 hospitals free of charge without any burdens.

Medicines are dispensed to patients free of charge according to a medical prescription from the attending physician, the ministry stressed.

Regarding the syncytial virus, the Ministry of Health and Population said that the epidemiological situation is very stable with regard to corona infections, adding that the number of registered cases infected with the syncytial virus has not exceeded 2,000 cases so far, adding that all infected people do not include deaths and most of the infections are among children aged below two years.

The Ministry of Health and Population indicated that there is strong surveillance in more than 27 hospitals in the Republic to detect accurate infections of respiratory diseases, including corona, syncytial virus, and influenza, in order to accurately diagnose cases that vary from simple to moderate in