During his two-minute comment Prof Mohammad Ragab Ghaneim, University of Alexandria, drew the audince's attention to the consumers' perspective. He underlined it is important that the mass media inform consumers why they have to refrain from buying live birds.

On the 19th of January 2020 at 5 pm (17:00) VIV MEA and MEAP organized the VIV MEA 2020 Preview reception and dinner in the INTERCONTINENTAL CAIRO SEMIRAMIS. During the event, Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dr Mona Mehrez, Mr Tony Freiji and Dr Nabil Darwish had a short talk about the biosecurity regulations and their application. At the end of the meeting VIV annouced The VIV MEA Show in Abu Dhabi and MEAP (Middle East Agrifood Publishers) annouced the FIRST POULTRY MARKETING ROUNDTABLE that will take place in ABU DHABI on the 10th of March. Around 45 CEOs from Egypt have participated in the Cairo’s event.