Egypt is pushing ahead with its mandatory vaccine program despite covid-19, El Sisi says

Egypt is pushing ahead with its mandatory vaccine program to curb the spread of preventable diseases, even with the ongoing pandemic, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said in an address to a UK-hosted vaccine summit on Thursday, a cabinet statement said. The event helped raise funding to immunize 800 mn children worldwide against a handful of diseases over the next five years.