CAIRO -

Doctor Mohamed El-Nadi, a member of the Egyptian Scientific Committee to confront the Corona virus, revealed the “amazing” results of one of the drugs available to treat influenza in the treatment of Corona patients who suffer from mild and moderate symptoms.

The club stated - during a telephone interview with the "Al-Youm" program broadcast on the "DMC" channel (DMC) - that the drug, which contains an active substance called "Anfiziram", is naturally available in the market and produced by several Egyptian pharmaceutical companies, and it has already been included in the Egyptian protocol. To treat corona alone for simple cases, in addition to another medicine for moderate cases.

The club explained that there are many countries using this drug, which showed amazing results in controlling the temperature, eliminating fatigue and infections associated with infection with the virus within 48 hours of using it, he said.

The doctor indicated that the drug was tested during the first waves of the pandemic and did not provide good results, but it came back to achieve great success with the virus mutants.

But the member of the Scientific Committee to confront the Corona virus refused to disclose the trade name of the drug that is already in pharmacies, for fear that citizens would buy it without prescriptions, and thus disappear from the market, but at the same time he indicated that the drug can be provided quickly because it is produced by Egyptian companies. .

24 million Egyptians vaccinated

This comes while Awad Taj El-Din, the Egyptian president's advisor for health affairs, spoke about the vaccination of nearly 24 million Egyptians, without recording any serious or severe side effects, or deaths as a result of obtaining the vaccine, noting that the side effects are minor and disappear during 48 hours.

Taj El-Din explained - during a telephone interview with Al-Hadath Al-Youm TV channel on Tuesday evening - that Egypt has vaccinated university students under the age of 18, as well as pregnant and lactating women.

The Egyptian President's advisor for health affairs announced that the government would not vaccinate school students until after fully ensuring the safety of the vaccine on children.

conflicting numbers

The statements of the Egyptian President's Adviser for Health Affairs - that nearly 24 million Egyptians have received the vaccination - do not agree with the announcement by the Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed - at the cabinet meeting about 20 days ago - that the number of those receiving the first dose is close to 13 million citizens, while the number of The citizens who received the second dose just over 7 million citizens.

The numbers announced by Egyptian officials about the Corona virus face a state of permanent doubt, and activists have often expressed on social media that they are much less than the reality.

As indicated by a World Bank report that was recently reported by international media;

He pointed out that the reported corona deaths in Egypt are much less than the actual numbers, explaining that Egypt ranks fifth in the world and first in the Middle East and North Africa region in terms of inaccuracy in reporting the real number of deaths due to corona infection.

According to the report, Egypt - which has a population of 100 million - had vaccinated only 7 million people, at the time of preparing the report, although the Ministry of Health said it aims to vaccinate two-thirds of the population by the end of 2021.

The report highlighted the weak investment in the health sector in Egypt and in some Middle Eastern countries as a contributing factor to their poor preparedness to confront the epidemic, noting that Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia do not spend much on building a national health system (as a share of total government spending) compared to other countries that She has the same income.

Injury numbers

It is noteworthy that the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced 871 new infections with the Corona virus and 42 deaths yesterday, Tuesday, down from 889 injuries and 48 deaths the day before yesterday.

Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said, "The total number that was registered in Egypt with the new Corona virus until Tuesday is 326,379, including 275,637 cases that have been cured, and 183.75 deaths."