{"id":558507,"date":"2021-08-15T04:12:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T04:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/08\/15\/we-just-got-another-1-76-mn-doses-of-astrazeneca\/"},"modified":"2021-08-15T04:12:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T04:12:57","slug":"we-just-got-another-1-76-mn-doses-of-astrazeneca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/08\/15\/we-just-got-another-1-76-mn-doses-of-astrazeneca\/","title":{"rendered":"We just got another 1.76 mn doses of AstraZeneca"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> More AstraZeneca jabs land in Egypt:<\/strong> Egypt received 1.76 mn doses of the Oxford \/ AstraZeneca vaccine through the Gavi \/ Covax program on Friday, the Health Ministry said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the third shipment of vaccines Egypt has received from Gavi:<\/strong> Egypt has now received some 4.3 mn of the 4.5 mn<\/a> doses allocated to it by the initiative. The ministry said earlier this month<\/a> that all of the 1.9 mn outstanding shots would be delivered last week.<\/p>\n

More vaccine doses expected this month: <\/strong>The ministry is expecting new doses of Sinovac and Pfizer to arrive in August, Health Minister Hala Zayed said<\/a> in a cabinet meeting last week. The <\/strong>2.5 mn-dose batch<\/a><\/strong> of Pfizer jabs could arrive in the coming days<\/strong>, the ministry said last week, with the shipment having originally been scheduled to arrive in mid-July. The country was expected to receive 1 mn doses of the Sinovac<\/a> vaccine in late July.<\/p>\n

More than <\/strong>100k people got vaccinated on Thursday <\/strong>including 56k who got their first doses and over 44k who had their second jabs, the ministry said in a separate statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Almost 6 mn people had been vaccinated as of earlier this month, <\/strong>Youm7<\/a> reported. The ministry had said in July that 4.5 mn people<\/a> had received at least one dose since the government began its vaccination campaign<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n

We have 539 vaccination centers nationwide administering the covid-19 vaccine<\/strong>, compared to a previous 500<\/a>. This is in addition to 126<\/a> dedicated to issuing official vaccination certificates for those wishing to travel.<\/p>\n

Egyptians will need to pay more than previously thought for travel certificates:<\/strong> QR code vaccination certificates needed for travel will cost EGP 250 for Egyptian citizens wishing to travel, USD 10 for non-Egyptians and EGP 100 for local use at government institutions, according to a statement<\/a>.The certificates were previously said to cost EGP 100 for citizens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Health Ministry <\/strong>reported<\/a><\/strong> 99 new covid-19 infections yesterday<\/strong>, up from 97 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 285,257 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 6 new deaths, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 16,615.<\/p>\n

Cases have been climbing steadily (if slowly) for almost three weeks now<\/strong>, with the exception of a brief drop on 5 August, according to our in-house covid tracker.<\/p>\n

IN GLOBAL COVID NEWS-<\/strong><\/p>\n