Preventive Medicine Director Dr. Magdi Dheir stated that 8000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine reached the Ministry stores, these vaccines distributed to hospitals and primary health care centers in all provinces, pointing out that these vaccines targeted vulnerable groups of people, and who are more prone to infection, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization(WHO).
Dr. Dheir pointed out to the fact of these fragile categories are those who have a vulnerable immune system and they are suffering from chronic diseases as cardiovascular, kidney failure, lung cancer, and others, as well as pregnant women, people who take immunosuppressant medications, and Health workers in emergency and intensive care units.