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Egypt completely free from polio: Health Ministry Spox

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 - 09:17 GMT

The last case that had been recorded in Egypt was in 2004, he added, noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared in 2006 that Egypt was completely polio-free.

Egypt launchs 4-day vaccination campaign against polio

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 - 11:52 GMT

Egypt has been declared polio free since 2006 in accordance with the standards set by the World Health Organization, with the last case recorded in 2004.

Egypt to launch polio vaccination campaign starting Dec. 11: Health minister

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 - 09:11 GMT

Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced on Monday that a national campaign to vaccinate children against polio for free across the country will run from December 11 to December 14.

Egypt vaccinates over 16M children against polio

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 - 09:01 GMT

Up to 16,223,513 children were vaccinated against polio in Egypt since March 27 and until Wednesday March 20 according to Acting Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Thursday.

Egypt to start nationwide polio vaccination campaign Sunday for locals, expats

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 - 09:23 GMT

The campaign, which target children from one day to five years old, will extend until Wednesday, 30 March and aims to vaccinate 100 percent of the target groups, the ministry said in a statement.

Memory of the day: Seventh Crusade heads to Egypt in 1248

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 - 11:52 GMT

On August 25, many important events took place.

Egypt's Health Ministry: 13.8mn children receive polio vaccines

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 - 01:19 GMT

More than 13 million children have taken polio shots on the first two days of a national campaign to eliminate the disease in Egypt.

Egypt launches second polio vaccination campaign Sunday

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 - 11:05 GMT

A total of 835,000 Egyptian and 1,696 non-Egyptian children will be vaccinated in Alexandria Governorate under the current national campaign.

Egypt ready to offer all support to Eastern Mediterranean countries to eradicate polio: Health Min.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 - 02:38 GMT

Zayed's remarks came during her meeting held at the headquarters of the WHO office in Egypt.

More than 15K non-Egyptian children given polio vaccine free of charge

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 - 03:42 GMT

Some 15,704 non-Egyptian children residing in the country have been given the polio vaccine as part of a three-day nationwide campaign to administer the vaccination, according to a Health Ministry statement Wednesday.

Egypt's Health minister: Over 13M children vaccinated against polio nationwide

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 - 11:14 GMT

Number of vaccinated children represents 81.4 percent of the total number of those targeted, including 11,536 foreign children.

Egypt's Health minister: 8.8M children vaccinated against polio, including 6,730 foreign children

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 - 12:42 GMT

Around 8,842,150 children have been vaccinated as part of the national anti-polio campaign which kicked off on Sunday and runs till March 3.

2020 polio vaccination campaign launched, to include 16.5 million children

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 - 07:19 GMT

The campaign includes Egyptian and foreign children from the age of one day to five years old.

Health min. launches national polio vaccination campaign

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 - 12:57 GMT

Health Minister Hala Zayed and Port Said Governor Adel el Ghadban launched on Sunday the national campaign for polio vaccination.

Syria sees first polio cases in three years: WHO

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 - 03:36 GMT

three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the World Health Organization and a partner initiative said.

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