15-18-year-olds to get jabbed with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine: Adviser

CAIRO - 23 November 2021: Presidential adviser for health affairs Mohamed Awad Tag Eddin said Thanaweya Amma students aged between 15 and 18 years will be vaccinated with Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

In statements to ETC TV channel, Tag Eddin pointed to a study to vaccinate children aged between 5 and 11 against the virus.

The presidential adviser added that the vaccination process of university students is ongoing. 

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 870 new coronavirus cases were registered, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 351,267.

In a statement, Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 58 coronavirus-linked deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide death toll to 19,991 since the outset of the pandemic.

As many as 675 cases were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving the necessary medical care, pushing the total number of recovered cases in the country to 292,655, the spokesman added.