At a time, in of the die World is witnessing the third wave of the emerging coronavirus, Dr. Abdel Nasser Abu Bakr, Head of Infection Risk Management Program at the World Health Organization in the Eastern Mediterranean, announced that die Vaccines have been approved by the organization in able to cope with the new changes so far.
In a special statement to Al-Arabiya.net he added during the organization’s press conference Thursday that a new mutation of the virus is expected, indicating that viruses are going through a phase of mutations and mutations.
3 mutations of importance
Even so, he stated that die The speed and method of mutation of the virus is greater than that of other viruses due to the speed with which it spreads around the world.
In addition, the organization’s official identified three significant mutations in the virus, die in 15 Middle Eastern countries were registered while some countries were not in are able to identify mutations since die Organization helps them.
He added that die Organization-approved vaccines such as Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson die can meet new mutations of the coronavirus so far.
The number of cases is alarming
In a related context, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, told Al-Arabiya.netthat die Organization still sees a worrying trend in terms of the number of cases in the Eastern Mediterranean.
He also pointed out that 14 countries saw significant increases in weekly cases this week compared to last week, given Jordan and Iran die most deaths and injuries recorded while Iraq die most new cases and Pakistan die most recorded of new deaths.
He added: “Despite the efforts of countries to implement various measures in the field of public health and society, we find that individuals are negligent in applying these measures. These include physical distance, wearing masks, die Hand hygiene, die Respiratory etiquette and die Avoiding crowded places and opening windows. “
Regarding vaccinations, Al-Manzari stated that die Residents of 20 countries have received vaccines and have given more than 23 million doses to date, while 12 countries have in The region has already received vaccines through the Kovacs program, the last of which were Egypt and Yemen.
Provision of vaccines
Al-Manzari stated that the global shortage of vaccines has delayed the delivery of tens of millions of doses die The Kovacs program was supported because of concerns about the lack of fairness in availability and fair distribution in throughout the region.
In addition, he pointed out that die Kovacs facility is ready in die to deliver to countries most in need, die Organization, however, could not deliver vaccines over die she doesn’t have that die rich countries buy millions of cans directly from manufacturers.
It is noteworthy that die Corona virus vaccine data showed that die Number of people die Received the vaccine worldwide exceeded 300 million while die Organization previously stated that around 70% of the world’s population must be vaccinated.
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