The government has handed out a total of 11 mn covid shots since it started its vaccination program in January, Health Ministry Hala Zayed said during a cabinet meeting yesterday. The minister didn’t disclose how many people have now been fully vaccinated and how many have received the first dose.

In detail: More than 2 mn covid vaccines have been distributed to public sector administrative workers, including some 600k employees in the Education Ministry who received jabs during the past two weeks, Zayed said. Half a mn doses have been delivered for universities, and another 500k others will be delivered next week, she said. Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said during the meeting that 154.5k doses had been administered at university vaccine centers by Tuesday, 80% of which were first doses.

New vaccination targets: The government — which recently made vaccination compulsory for education, health and administrative workers — last month announced ambitious targets to hand at least one dose of a vaccine to some 35 mn people over the coming three months. The plan would see more than half of the 60 mn people eligible for vaccination receive a shot.

The Health Ministry reported 399 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 378 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 291,172 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 13 new deaths, bringing the country’s total death toll to 16,824.

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