{"id":558411,"date":"2021-08-09T03:51:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T03:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/08\/09\/jj-shots-land-in-egypt-pfizer-to-soon-follow\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T03:51:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T03:51:40","slug":"jj-shots-land-in-egypt-pfizer-to-soon-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/08\/09\/jj-shots-land-in-egypt-pfizer-to-soon-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;J shots land in Egypt, Pfizer to soon follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-04\"><\/a> <strong>Egypt received its <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b5c83e89-8091-4920-b12b-dd92120c385c\">first 260.6k batch of Johnson & Johnson<\/a><\/strong><strong> vaccines through the African <\/strong><strong>U<\/strong><strong>nion overnight, <\/strong>the Health Minister Hala Zayed announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/135346275443262\">statement<\/a>. The shots will be distributed among the 126 vaccination centers dedicated to travelers, where individuals can also obtain <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e1e34ad9-6773-466f-8299-8ae3246409f6\">QR code-bearing vaccination certificates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re expecting to receive more batches of J&J in the near future<\/strong>, the minister said, without specifying a time frame. The African Union is providing us with <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e5b6b112-2359-4d77-8e56-ef78298a3eba\">25 mn doses<\/a> of the single-shot vaccine while the government reportedly placed an order directly with the company earlier this year for <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8980ecbc-a193-449c-a2a0-eaefe5c43983\">4 mn doses<\/a>, though these are not expected to arrive until the fourth quarter. We had originally been expecting to receive the first J&J shots <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5cd6ac94-a5e1-4ce0-acfe-09a1e3023036\">in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember, if you\u2019ve already been jabbed, you\u2019re unlikely to be able to get J&J just yet: <\/strong>No program is in place right now to allow people who have already been jabbed to request a second course of a vaccine they may need to travel without quarantining, Mohamed Al Nadi \u2014 a member of the government\u2019s covid-19 committee \u2014 told us <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/074b2004-482e-43ca-a435-c404a1118a8f\">last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But you might be able to if you\u2019ve only had one dose: <\/strong>In response to questions from the public, the health ministry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/135281555449734\">Facebook page admins wrote<\/a> that people could get a different second dose than their first, provided that they sign a waiver.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again, maybe not?<\/strong> Health Ministry spokesperson Khaled Megahed told Al Hayah Al Youm that individuals must take the same vaccine for their second dose as they did for their first (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=exwFLOApjB4\">watch, runtime: 5:07<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>So the bottom line:<\/strong> Wait and see. Or show up and take your chances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re also due to receive this week the final 1.9 mn doses of Oxford \/ AstraZeneca<\/strong> Egypt has been allocated under the Gavi \/ Covax program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And our first 2.5 mn-dose shipment of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine is also expected to land <\/strong><strong>here at home within days<\/strong>, Health Ministry spokesperson Khaled Megahed told Al Hayah Al Youm (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=exwFLOApjB4\">watch, runtime: 5:07<\/a>) last night. The ministry is prepared for the safe storage of jabs that require subzero temperatures such as Pfizer\u2019s, having recently received ultra-cold biomedical refrigerators, Megahed told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/2393372\">Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. We were also originally also set to receive these shots in mid-July, but the shipment was delayed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON THE HOMEMADE FRONT- Made-in-Egypt Sinovac shots will be distributed to <\/strong><strong>vaccination centers next Saturday 14 <\/strong><strong>August<\/strong>, Megahed added. Megahed did not specify how many doses would be made available, though he said last week that <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/074b2004-482e-43ca-a435-c404a1118a8f\">1 mn doses of the locally-manufactured jab<\/a> would be distributed in the coming two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Health Ministry <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/135356632108893\">reported<\/a><\/strong><strong> 65 new covid-19 infections yesterday<\/strong>, up from 61 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 284,706 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 9 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 16,575.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That makes it (nearly) the 13th day in a row that the daily new case count has risen<\/strong> according to our in-house covid tracker. The number of new reported covid-19 infections has been steadily inching up since 27 July, with the exception of a brief drop on 5 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt received its first 260.6k batch of Johnson &#038; Johnson vaccines through the African Union overnight, the Health Minister Hala Zayed announced in a statement. The shots will be distributed among the 126 vaccination centers dedicated to travelers, where individuals can also obtain QR code-bearing vaccination certificates. 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