Today, the College of Applied Medical Sciences at Umm Al-Qura University launched a field awareness campaign to raise awareness on the Coronavirus. Its first stop was the headquarters of the Holy Makkah Municipality. The campaign was co-organized by the Social Services Department under the Holy Makkah Municipality. It was inaugurated by His Excellency the Mayor of Holy Makkah, Eng. Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Quwaihis, in the presence of the Acting Dean of the College of Applied Medical Sciences, Dr. Muhammad Al-Karbi.

Dr. Muhammad Al-Karbi stated that the event comes within a mobile field campaign organized by the college in several places: Al Diyafa Mall, Hira General Hospital, and the plazas of the Holy Mosque in Makkah.

The campaign comes within the programs and activities of the college in cooperation with various entities and sectors, in the framework of social participation, stressing the importance of educating and raising awareness in all fields.

Dr. Al-Karbi reported that 20 male and female students from different departments of the college participated in the campaign, featuring seven corners, in which information on the new Coronavirus was presented. The corners presented the history of the disease, diagnosis, and methods of its spread and prevention by displaying documentaries, educational videos, and distributing leaflets on preventive and protective methods.

On his part, the Director of Social Services at Makkah Municipality, Eng. Raed Samarqandi, stated that this campaign emanates from the principle of joint cooperation between the Municipality of Holy Makkah and Umm Al-Qura University, represented by the College of Applied Medical Sciences. The campaign is launched, he continued, in the framework of the community service programs to support the activities of scientific bodies in the field of health and municipal services. This is in an attempt to achieve positive integration and exchange of experience between the two parties to enhance the awareness of citizens and improve the quality of life.