Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Population begins vaccinating the elderly and people with chronic diseases with the Corona vaccine, who have registered their data on the website to reserve the vaccine, in the presence of Dr. Mustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister at the Kattameya Health Center.
Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, head of the Central Administration for Preventive Medicine Affairs at the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the citizens scheduled to be vaccinated today are those with chronic diseases and the elderly, who received a text message on a mobile phone or WhatsApp, and they were officially informed, to go to the hospital, and the date of vaccination. They will be started.
The head of the Central Administration for Preventive Medicine added that the website is still open, and it will remain open to all citizens, as about 157,000 citizens have registered so far.
Dr. Alaa Eid, head of the preventive medicine sector at the Ministry of Health, said that there is no distinction between any citizen and the last of all vaccines, safe and effective, and we confirm that the side effects of vaccines are simple and do not require going to the doctor, as they are high temperature or redness of the vaccination site.
The head of the Preventive Medicine Sector at the Ministry of Health continued: Hospitals are equipped at the highest level to receive citizens, indicating that there are places and centers equipped to receive them and medical teams to guide them from entering hospitals until vaccination with the first dose, and inform them of the date of the second dose of the vaccine, and how to follow up daily over a period of 21 days, As the vaccination is in two doses, separated by 21 days.
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