President Sisi’s regime has decided to sell the bulk of government procured COVID-19 vaccines, rather than provide them for free. The two-dose Astra Zeneca inoculation will be sold for 100-200 Egyptian pounds (EGP), though the government’s per dose cost is only 47 EGP. Out of a total population of 103 …
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COVID-19 in Egypt: Death toll tops 10,000, 613 new cases and 56 deaths on Monday
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 613 new coronavirus cases, up from 611 on Sunday. The ministry also reported 56 deaths and 389 recovered cases.
Read More »‘Unlawful’: Backlash against Egypt’s plan to offer Covid-19 vaccine for money
Millions of underprivileged Egyptians will struggle to afford Covid-19 vaccines after the government announced it would charge people to receive them, threatening the country with a third wave of the pandemic, health experts and economists have warned.
Read More »Syndicate member: ‘Crisis of confidence’ with Health Ministry behind doctors’ decisions to decline Sinopharm vaccine
The Health Ministry kickstarted a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on Sunday, with the first shots of a Chinese state-owned Sinopharm vaccine being given to healthcare workers at Ismailia’s Abou Khalifa isolation hospital.
Read More »Egypt: Entire ICU ward dies after oxygen supply fails
All coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit in Egypt have died after the oxygen supply to the ward failed.
Read More »Egypt: Man who filmed chaos in Covid-hit hospital questioned by police
A man who filmed scenes of chaos at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients was summoned by Egyptian police for questioning on Monday, local sources told Middle East Eye, following outrage online caused by the footage.
Read More »Egypt to probe four COVID deaths due to alleged lack of oxygen
Egyptian prosecutors opened an investigation into the deaths on Sunday of at least four coronavirus patients at a public Egyptian hospital, after a video of nurses struggling to keep the patients alive was shared widely on social media.
Read More »Egypt’s healthcare system pushed to brink as Covid-19 cases escalate
Rapidly rising Covid-19 infections are setting off alarm bells in Egypt, leading to a new raft of government restrictions and renewing fears the country’s healthcare system could be pushed to the brink of collapse.
Read More »‘Vaccine diplomacy’ sees Egypt roll out Chinese coronavirus jab
A lack of trial data transparency from China has raised concerns, but the country is confidently pushing ahead.
Read More »Fire at Cairo hospital kills seven coronavirus patients
An intensive care unit at an Egyptian hospital caught fire on Saturday, killing seven coronavirus patients, officials said.
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