Egypt increases number of COVID-19 vaccination centers nationwide to 138

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 11:39 GMT

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 11:39 GMT

Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili checks health measures at the Steigenberger Hotel Hurghada- photo courtesy of his Twitter account.

Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili checks health measures at the Steigenberger Hotel Hurghada- photo courtesy of his Twitter account.

CAIRO - 24 March 2020: Health and Population Minister Hala Zayed announced in a Tuesday statement that the number of COVID-19 vaccination centers nationwide increased from 40 to 138.

Meanwhile, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said that vaccination would begin in the centers starting Wednesday.

The announcement comes after Egypt received on Saturday 300,000 additional doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, bringing the total number of the doses received since December to 650,000.

Egypt currently administers doses of the Chinese vaccine and the British-Swedish Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, both of which were granted emergency use authorization by the Egyptian health authorities earlier this year.

The Chinese vaccine is taken in two doses 21 days apart, while AstraZeneca’s injections are administered in two shots three months apart.

Egypt launched a nationwide immunization campaign in late January, starting with the medical staff, using the two authorized vaccines.

The expansion in the vaccination campaign comes as the country pushes forward with efforts to secure vaccines for the 100-million-plus nation.

Egypt expects the arrival of five million doses of the Oxford AstraZenca vaccine by the end of March via the COVAX alliance.

Another batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine, three million doses, is expected to be received in May.

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