{"id":555752,"date":"2021-11-25T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/25\/booster-shot-rollout-starts-in-coming-days\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T04:00:57","slug":"booster-shot-rollout-starts-in-coming-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/25\/booster-shot-rollout-starts-in-coming-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Booster shot rollout starts in coming days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>Gov\u2019t to start rolling out covid booster shots in coming days:<\/strong> The Health Ministry has decided to start handing out booster shots to vulnerable people and the elderly in the coming days, it said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/212750811036141\">a statement<\/a> yesterday, amid elevated case rates at home and surging infections abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s eligible?<\/strong> The elderly, people with chronic medical conditions, and people with high exposure to the virus such as medical staff will be first up to receive a third shot. There are currently around 4 mn citizens who are eligible for boosters, cabinet spokesperson Nader Saad told Ala Mas\u2019ouleety last night (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baladtv\/videos\/756174939110058\">watch, runtime: 25:31<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The plan: <\/strong>Those eligible to receive booster shots will receive a text message six months after getting fully vaccinated telling them to head to the vaccination center where they received their initial shots to get their third jab, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/212750811036141?__cft__[0]=AZVWthr4egYFZeSki2Nxo7lyOU9DOe8mzBFE3gUFtjSpOF0f2ytdAS0exkTtB3CDFhacAl1B91SZw9Ewo5R6IdSaTtY7pXy-ngRwjwi2YgBTeFE7eYdlgWCgYKfAYaa-Fid4ty493N5JwpSCtpYBpR0GqUFTifKEJDBfigGdPCUafw&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">ministry announced<\/a>. People should contact the ministry\u2019s covid-19 hotline (15335) or the Whatsapp number (01555005500) if they don\u2019t receive a message.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ahead of schedule: <\/strong>Government officials had <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1612f63b-f17a-493e-9005-3ecb50b867af\">previously said<\/a> that booster shots would be considered once the 2021 target of vaccinating 40 mn citizens was reached. Interim health minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar yesterday announced that 44.2 mn doses of covid-19 vaccines have been administered, without specifying how many citizens had received one dose and how many had been fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daily covid cases have been elevated for almost two months<\/strong> while last week daily death figures inched up to highs not seen since July 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Health Ministry <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/212833777694511\">reported<\/a><\/strong><strong> another 901 covid-19 infections yesterday<\/strong>, up from 856 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 353,613 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 57 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 20,109.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More shots are here: <\/strong>We received 3.7 mn vaccine doses yesterday \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USAIDEgypt\/posts\/4794274303958630\">1.3 mn Johnson<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USAIDEgypt\/posts\/4794274303958630\">& Johnson shots<\/a> from the US government and 2.4 mn AstraZeneca shots through the Gavi \/ Covax program, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/212772357700653\">ministry announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An \u201cArrive Egypt\u201d app is under development to help tourists submit their covid paperwork<\/strong> before entering the country, the minister also said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN GLOBAL COVID NEWS-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Developing countries could soon be able to manufacture replicas of patented covid-19 vaccines: <\/strong>The EU has proposed a targeted waiver on patent licenses that would give governments the power to oblige vaccine manufacturers to share their formulas with developing countries, allowing those countries to create cheaper versions of vaccines for their own use without paying royalties, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/2de43d0b-a59a-427f-bf4f-3d900ba49784\">Financial Times<\/a> reports. The move from EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis goes against his previous comments that reducing IP protection would dissuade manufacturers from investing large sums of money into researching new drugs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expect a decision sometime next week: <\/strong>The move could lead to a compromise between EMs like South Africa and India \u2014 who have called for all covid vaccines to be stripped of IP protection for three years \u2014 and the rest of the developed world when they meet at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wto.org\/\">World Trade Organization<\/a> next week in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booster shots for all adults in Europe amid record covid cases: <\/strong>The EU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/news-events\/ecdc-statement-risk-very-high-covid-19-burden-unless-public-health-measures-are-applied\">is now<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/news-events\/ecdc-statement-risk-very-high-covid-19-burden-unless-public-health-measures-are-applied\">recommending<\/a> covid booster shots for all adults, especially those over 40, as cases across the continent soar. Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Hungary have all reported record daily cases while infections in France and Germany are rising quickly. Several countries have reimposed lockdown restrictions in recent days and have resorted to tougher measures to restrict the movement of unvaccinated people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany is now considering making vaccination compulsory for some segments of the <\/strong><strong>population<\/strong>, adopting a lighter approach than Austria which last week announced that the entire population would be forced to take the shot. \"Vaccination is the way out of this pandemic. In institutions where vulnerable groups are cared for, we should make vaccination compulsory,\" incoming chancellor Olaf Scholz told a news conference yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/german-support-grows-mandatory-vaccines-cases-jump-2021-11-24\/\">Reuters<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov\u2019t to start rolling out covid booster shots in coming days: The Health Ministry has decided to start handing out booster shots to vulnerable people and the elderly in the coming days, it said in a statement yesterday, amid elevated case rates at home and surging infections abroad. Who\u2019s eligible? 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Health Minister Hala Zayed had previously said that a 2.5 mn dose shipment of Pfizer was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;COVID WATCH&quot;","block_context":{"text":"COVID WATCH","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/covid-watch\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":555763,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/25\/last-nights-talk-shows-on-covid-booster-shots\/","url_meta":{"origin":555752,"position":3},"title":"Last Night\u2019s Talk Shows on covid booster shots","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"25 November 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"On last night\u2019s talk shows: The Health Ministry\u2019s announcement yesterday that it will soon start handing out booster shots got the headline treatment on the talk shows last night. Yahduth Fi Masr (watch, runtime: 3:37), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 3:41), Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 3:08) and Ala Mas\u2019ouleety\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Enterprise+: Last Night\u2019s Talk Shows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Enterprise+: Last Night\u2019s Talk Shows","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/enterprise-last-nights-talk-shows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":553454,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/05\/booster-shot-registration-is-opening-soon\/","url_meta":{"origin":555752,"position":4},"title":"Booster shot registration is opening soon","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"5 December 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Registration for booster shots will be available \u201cwithin days\u201d for senior citizens, individuals who have a qualifying chronic medical condition, and medical staff, Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi. The ministry had decided late last month to begin rolling out booster shots for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;COVID WATCH&quot;","block_context":{"text":"COVID WATCH","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/covid-watch\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":556345,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/10\/20\/were-expecting-another-7-mn-vaccine-doses-this-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":555752,"position":5},"title":"We\u2019re expecting another 7 mn vaccine doses this month","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"20 October 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Health Ministry reported 868 new covid-19 infections yesterday, down from 883 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 320,207 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 43 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 18,058.We\u2019re getting our hands on another 7 mn doses\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;COVID WATCH&quot;","block_context":{"text":"COVID WATCH","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/covid-watch\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555752\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/555746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555752"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=555752"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=555752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}