The Ministry of Health said that it is following around the clock the epidemiological situation of the Corona virus locally and globally, especially with the World Health Organization recently announced that the mutant discovered in South Africa “Omicron” contains a large number of mutations, some of which are alarming, with preliminary evidence of an increased risk of infection once. Other, faster rates of infection.
In a statement issued today, the Ministry urged all citizens to adhere to preventive measures such as wearing a mask, maintaining spatial distance as much as possible, avoiding crowded or poorly ventilated places, especially chronic patients and the elderly, washing hands constantly, and covering the nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing.
The Ministry of Health renewed its call to all persons over the age of 18 to receive the effective, safe and free Corona vaccine, especially with its availability in 967 centers and hospitals and through 200 mobile teams in villages and areas where there are no health centers in all governorates.
The Ministry stressed that the initiative to take the vaccine is an individual and societal responsibility in which each person contributes to protecting himself, his family and his surroundings from infection and possibly serious complications that sometimes lead to death.
The World Health Organization had reported before the emergence of the new mutation that the information it received about the effectiveness of the vaccine against most mutations was reassuring, and that it monitored developments, and three things could be done to counter the mutations, which are to conduct further studies to understand it, give people more doses of the vaccine, and work to modify some Preparations of these vaccines, as applied to the influenza vaccine every year.
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