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Minister of Immigration Conducts PCR Test for herself and Employees


Fri 17 Apr 2020 | 04:12 AM
Gehan Aboella

The Minister of Immigration and Egyptians' Affairs Abroad, Nabila Makram, conducted a "PCR" analysis for all Employees to detect the infection of the new Coronavirus "COVID-19.", adding that this was done to ensure the health and safety of workers in the ministry, as part of precautionary measures to combat the Coronavirus.

The analysis was conducted at the Ministry's headquarters for 70 employees, led by the minister and the result of the analysis was "negative" for all employees.

Staff during the analysis

This comes in implementation of the plan of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi by following the precautionary measures to prevent the emerging coronavirus, for employees in various ministries and institutions of the state.

The move aims to reduce the possibility of the virus spreading among citizens. It should be noted that the analysis was carried out in cooperation with Prime Group and scoop laboratories, as part of a series of procedures recently undertaken by the Ministry.

The results of the analysis are negative

It consisted of thermal detection of employees to ensure that there are no symptoms of the emerging coronavirus, in addition to providing sterilization methods within the ministry, and responding to the decision of the Council of Ministers to reduce the presence of employees to reduce mixing.

Contributed by Wafaa Fayez

Read about: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019