Vaccine
Abdel Ghaffar pointed out that the third dose does not have to be of the same vaccine as the first two.
In comments to Youm7 newspaper, the Ministry’s Spokesperson Houssam Abdel-Ghaffar said that Egypt would receive 6 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on January 5.
The shipment, delivered at Cairo International Airport, included 1,501,110 Pfizer doses, 462,000 Moderna doses, and 352,800 AstraZeneca doses.
In a related context, the minister highlighted the number of vaccinated citizens.
The recovery rate from the coronavirus (COVID-19) at Egyptian isolation hospitals has reached 84.3 percent, after the number of people recovering from the virus increased to 254,471 cases, according to the Ministry of Health's statement.
The Health Ministry said 879 new coronavirus cases were detected on Saturday in Egypt, upping the total number of infections to 368,335.
Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 56 patients died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20,877.
Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 51 patients died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20,821.
He further noted that more than 250,000 children have been vaccinated with coronavirus vaccines so far.
Tageddin made it clear that most of the vaccines prevent severe complications from the disease.
“The variants of the Covid-19 will be a lot in the coming period,” presidential adviser for health affairs Awad Tag Eddin told Sada El Balad TV.
Egypt's Health Ministry said 938 new coronavirus cases were detected on Wednesday, upping the total number of infections since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country to 359,516.
The Cabinet Media Center denied reports on closure of schools and universities nationwide for fear of spread of Covid-19 variant Omicron.
The consignment arrived at Cairo International Airport on Saturday evening being the second of its kind in less than a week.
The UN official also lauded the eagerness of parents to vaccinate their children.
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research is holding Sunday a press conference to mark the launch of those clinical trials.
Egypt is studying this file and when it is done a date will be set for vaccinating the children.
Egypt's Health Ministry said 951 new coronavirus cases were detected on Wednesday, upping the total number of infections since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country to 333,840.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population revealed a relative increase in the number of daily infections with Corona, stressing that the whole world is witnessing the same increase.
They will be vaccinated with Pfizer doses.
