Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesperson for Ministry of Health and Populationthat the new Corona virus is transmitted through aerosols as proven, and for this reason permanently reducing presence in any closed place is very important to maintain public health and reduce transmission of infection, and with regard to the expected date of the end of the Corona pandemic, he said that the answer to this question is with citizens, not the state, Because this stage will be reached when everyone receives the vaccination, continuing: “If you vaccinate 70% of the citizens, the corona will remain as a cause of disease severity, hospitalization and deaths.”
Abdel Ghaffar continued, during his interview via “Skype” with “From Egypt” program, presented by the journalist Amr Khalil on “CBC” channel, that the ministry is moving to preserve health and carry out religious rituals, which is the desired and desired goal and aimed at the Ministries of Health and Endowments, stressing that the pandemic swept through The whole world infection rates with omicron are much greater than the previous mutant.
The health spokesman stressed that the goal of vaccination once morest the Corona virus is to achieve the citizen’s health interest, pointing out that the state is taking a set of measures that would achieve this, adding that Egypt is not among the countries that impose vaccination directly, but it dealt with that by linking Vaccination government services.
He pointed out that the citizen believes that he has the freedom to take the vaccination or not, but it is not personal freedom because the state does not have the right to stop treating people when they get sick with the Corona virus, continuing: “The state does not have the luxury that it tells you, no, I will not treat you because you refused the vaccine.”
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