Tourism workers in Cairo + Giza will start being jabbed this week

Tourism workers in Cairo and Giza are up next for jabs: Vaccine registration for tourism sector employees in Cairo and Giza will open this week, head of the Tourism Chamber at the Federation of Egyptian Industries Adel Elmasry told Al Mal,

Some 60% of tourism workers in other governorates have already been vaccinated, he said. The government announced in May that it had completed the vaccination of tourism workers in the Red Sea governorate.

The Health Ministry reported 503 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 491 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 293,951 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 10 new deaths, bringing the country’s total death toll to 16,895.