CAIRO: Egypt will receive 5 million doses of Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine by early May, Health Ministry spokesperson Khaled Megahed said.
Health Minister Hala Zayed has said that 5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to be imported through COVAX, co-led by the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
On Friday Egypt received a shipment of more than 850,000 vaccine doses.
Egypt is set to receive an additional 3 million doses in May, the minister said, on top of the 350,000 Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine doses already received.
Zayed thanked the WHO and UNICEF for their constant support.
According to the statement, the number of health centers administering vaccinations will be increased to 339 on Sunday to stop the overcrowding witnessed in the past days. Cairo Governorate alone will set up 40 new vaccination centers.
Megahed said that 800,000 people have registered on the official website to receive vaccinations.
He said that if there were a rise in registrations, it would be possible to increase the number of vaccination centers to 5,000, which would enable the ministry to vaccinate 12.5 million citizens in 25 days.
Egypt to receive 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by May
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Egypt to receive 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by May
- Health minister said 5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to be imported through COVAX
- On Friday Egypt received a shipment of more than 850,000 vaccine doses
Iran releases on bail two reformists arrested after protests: local media
- Reformists traditionally call for more social freedoms and the establishment of a civil society
TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have released on bail two senior reformist figures who were arrested in recent days following anti-government protests in January, local media reported.
“Javad Emam and Ebrahim Asgharzadeh were released a few minutes ago after posting bail,” their lawyer, Hojjat Kermani, said in an interview with the ISNA news agency published on Thursday evening.
Asgharzadeh is a former member of parliament and Emam is the spokesman of the Reformist Front, the main coalition of the reformist camp.
They were accused of “undermining national unity” and “coordinating with enemy propaganda,” the Fars news agency reported at the time of their arrests.
Reformists traditionally call for more social freedoms and the establishment of a civil society and backed current president Masoud Pezeshkian during his 2024 campaign.
The lawyer expressed hope that the release of Azar Mansouri, head of the Reform Front since 2023 could come “in the next few days when her arrest warrant is revoked.”
Mansouri, 60, an adviser to reformist former president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested on Sunday alongside two other reformists.
The arrests come weeks after deadly protests erupted across the country, in which thousands of people died and many more were more arrested.
In 2009, Emam was one of the campaign managers for Mir Hossein Mousavi, a leading figure in the Iranian opposition and former prime minister, who has been under house arrest since 2011.
