Health, information ministers discuss ways to prepare media plan to tackle Corona virus

SANAA, March 21 (YPA) – The Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Taha Al-Mutawakkil and the minister of information, Dhaifullah Al-Shami, discussed on Saturday ways to prepare a national media plan to confront the Corona virus 2019.

The meeting touched on the executive mechanisms of the plan and the activities and awareness and guidance programs it aims to enhance community awareness of the Corona virus and ways to prevent it.

In the meeting, Al-Mutawakkil reviewed the measures taken by the Ministry in the context of preparations to confront the virus, the latest of which is the announcement of comprehensive mobilization of health cadres and the opening of volunteering for students of medical colleges and health institutes.

Al-Mutawakkil stressed the necessity of joining efforts to confront the Corona virus and intensifying awareness and health aspects to preserve the health and safety of citizens.

For his part, Al-Shami stressed the keenness to harness all the media capabilities to shed light on the Corona virus and introduce its risks and how to confront it.

Al-Shami pointed out the importance of preparing an executive plan and a joint work matrix in the context of precautionary measures to confront the Corona virus, stressing the readiness of the official media to deal with the directives and instructions of the Ministry of Health as to what would take preventive measures to counter this virus.