Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj al-Din, the President’s advisor for health affairs, said that Egypt is waiting for 300 thousand doses of the Chinese vaccine for the Coronavirus during the coming days, pointing out that the world is currently suffering from a shortage in the distribution of Corona vaccines, and that the European Union is suffering from the lack of vaccines Corona that he is asking for, in light of a large number of countries registering the emergence of the new strain.
The president’s advisor added, during his statements to the “Happening in Egypt” program, broadcast on MBC Egypt, that the amount of vaccines produced is not sufficient for the quantities needed by the countries that establish the vaccine only.
Regarding Ybaah virus, he confirmed that it is not new, and that it has existed since 1998, and it was named after the city in which it appeared in Indonesia, and it infects bats and spreads to humans and pigs, and causes infections in the brain and respiratory system, wondering how much this virus is currently being talked about.
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