Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said there is a worldwide spread of respiratory viruses, globally during this winter.
Abdel Ghaffar added, in a telephone interview with the “Egypt Can” program with the media, Ahmed Fayek, via the dmc channel, that preventive medicine interviewed a large number of children with respiratory symptoms in, and it was found that the current situation is the same as last year, because colds are caused by these respiratory viruses.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health explained that so far there has been no change in the symptoms of respiratory viruses, neither in Egypt nor in the world so far, following her: “Respiratory viruses infect the respiratory system and have spread widely during the autumn and the beginning of winter “.
He stressed that adenovirus is like the flu and its spread is normal at this time of every year, adding: “Continuous hand washing and not kissing children at these times because it transmits the virus, is one of the great methods. preventives to prevent respiratory viruses and 98% -99% of people have runny noses and mild symptoms and do not need hospitals and immunity can be increased by lots of fluids and fruits containing vitamin C, as well as nutrition and good ventilation and not directly exposed to the elements. “
