Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has assigned the donation-based national fund “Tahya Misr” to help secure coronavirus vaccine doses to priority groups, including medical teams.
Priority groups also include critical cases, people suffering from chronic diseases and older people, Presidential spokesman Bassam Radi said.
Sisi’s remarks came as he met with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Health Minister Hala Zayed, Finance Minister Mohamed Maeet and Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din, the president’s advisor for health affairs.
Sisi urged officials to look for the best offers of the most effective vaccines developed by the international companies.
He called for obtaining vaccine doses in the largest possible quantity and in the fastest time.
Sisi ordered establishing centers in all governorates nationwide to provide the vaccine doses and receive citizens willing to get vaccinated.
The meeting has reviewed the state’s efforts in containing the implications of the pandemic and vaccine updates.
The president urged maintaining the balanced path the state has taken in facing the first wave of the virus in 2020 to implement during the second ongoing wave.
He also ordered intensifying awareness programs to avoid coronavirus infection bases on previous experience.
Source: Egypt Today
