Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed said that Egypt is due to receive 5.2 million doses of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines in September to support its current stock of vaccines in a bid to widen the inoculation campaigns nationwide.
At a press conference on Monday, Zayed said 10 million citizens have already registered to get jabbed at the ministry’s website, noting that 7.5 million of them have already been vaccinated.
She urged citizens to quickly register to get vaccinated after Egypt’s tally of infections increased over the past week.
The minister also noted that students willing to travel abroad will be vaccinated before they are approved to travel, adding that Thanaweya Amma holders will also be included in the vaccination process by getting two doses ahead of the start of the new academic year.
Zayed alos said that about 15 million doses of Sinovac have been produced so far, noting that about the first one million doses will be sent to medical centres on Tuesday.
She noted that one of western countries’ vaccines known of its 100 per cent effectiveness will be manufactured in Egypt soon.
She underlined that vaccines reduce death and hospitalisation rates by 90 per cent.
She noted that the first wave was the easiest one, and the third one was more powerful, adding that coronavirus cases are expected to rise in the fourth wave.
Egypt has witnessed over the past week a rise in coronavirus cases, but it is slight increase in comparison with the number of population.
She noted that the Health Ministry has started in May vaccination in tourist areas to encourage tourism, especially South Sinai and Red Sea governorates.
She warned of an expected rise in coronavirus cases in September.
Zayed said the number of mobile vaccine centres rose to 512 in 27 governorates against 446 last week.
The offices for vaccination for travel purposes rose from 134 last week to 145.
She noted that Sohag governorate has 43 vaccination centers due to the huge number of people seeking to get vaccinated.
