Presidential Health Adviser: By the end of 2022 we expect Corona to become like the flu

Dr. Muhammad Awad Taj El-Din, Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health and Prevention, said during the Palmo Gut Conference, a conference that brings together diseases of the world Gastrointestinal tract And chest diseases, which is currently being held in Cairo, it is necessary to follow precautionary measures as long as the virus is still spreading in the world and in large numbers.

He added that South Korea recorded 100,000 cases in two days, stressing that as long as the global epidemic exists and as long as people from different countries arrive in Egypt, precautionary measures must be followed to prevent cases from rising.

Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din confirmed that Corona cases in Egypt range from simple to moderate, stressing that severe cases are very few, and that he expects by the end of 2022 that Corona will become like influenza, it will remain with us, but it does not cause complications, and it is controlled.

For his part, Dr. Ashraf Hatem, the former Minister of Health and Chairman of the Health Committee of the House of Representatives, confirmed during the “Palmo Jet” conference that Corona injuries rose in the world, and the recent increase in injuries occurred despite the extreme heat that the world is going through, and although the numbers before were declining with The weather is rising, so precautionary measures must be taken, because there is an increase in global numbers.

He said that there is cooperation between the chest specialization and the liver and digestive system specialization, explaining that when he comes to a patient who suffers from cough, the first question I ask the patient is do you have acidity or problems in the digestive system, explaining that with the outbreak of the Corona virus, some were complaining of diarrhea and at that time I was asking the doctor The specialist in the gastroenterology reveals the treatment that the patient can take, so it is necessary to cooperate with the different specialties, stressing that in Kasr Al-Ainy there is cooperation between the chest department and the gastroenterology department, because there is a relationship between the two specialties.

For his part, Dr. Waheed Doss, head of the National Committee to Combat Hepatitis Viruses, said that we all suffer from a lack of knowledge of other specialties, so there must be a relationship between the chest and the digestive system, and there must be agreement on a specific protocol for Corona patients, explaining that one third of patients infected with the Corona virus were infected with enzymes. High in the liver so it is a great opportunity to hold conferences with different specialties.

Dr. Tariq Safwat, Professor of Chest Diseases at Ain Shams Medicine, added that we saw many cases in Corona suffering from complications as a result of taking antivirals, explaining that they had problems with the digestive system and liver, and there were some cases that had problems with the pancreas, or diabetes.

Hossam Hosni, head of the Scientific Committee to Combat Corona, said that we must know the relationship between Corona and the digestive system, explaining that when the Scientific Committee to Combat Corona was formed, we gathered when all the specialties from chest, internal and intensive care, which developed the Corona virus protocol, because combining specialties helps in treating patients professionally. severe.

Dr. Mohamed Al-Qassas, Professor of Hepatology and Gastroenterology at Helwan Medicine, explained that the cooperation between the two specializations contributed to the treatment of Egyptian patients, explaining that the National Committee for Hepatitis Control had achieved a great achievement in treating Egyptian Hepatitis C patients, explaining that before the 100 Million Seha initiative, regarding 15% of Egyptians were They have antibodies once morest hepatitis C, and the campaign scanned more than 70 million citizens, and treated 4 million Egyptians infected with the virus.

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