Egypt's Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said on Saturday that vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe symptoms of COVID-19 infection.
In press remarks to local newspaper, Abdel Ghaffar urged all citizens to continue adhering to all preventive and precautionary measures, to confront the spread of the deadly virus.
Moreover, the spokesman added that most of daily coronvirus cases in Egypt are with the delta variant.
In addition, he stressed that the state has taken precise measures to monitor the new coronavirus mutant, explaining that allCOVID-19 treatment protocols are effective in confronting the new variants, including Omicron.