Egyptian health authorities on Thursday launched the second phase of a nationwide vaccination campaign against the coronavirus by vaccinating some of the country's elderly and those with underlying medical conditions.
Health Minister Hala Zayed said that patients will be receiving the Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm's vaccine or the British-Swedish AstraZeneca shot in 40 vaccination centres across the country.
One woman at a vaccination centre in Cairo said she was impressed with the rollout.
"Everything was organized and there was a very great respect for people and comfort in procedures," Rasha Ahmed told the Associated Press.
The Arab world's most populous country has so far officially registered more than 184,000 infectious cases including over 10,000 deaths.
In January, the health ministry began rolling out its anti-COVID-19 vaccination program by giving the shots to frontline health care workers.
On Sunday, health authorities launched a website where the elderly and patients with chronic life-threatening diseases from different age groups could sign up for the shots. So far, more than 150,000 have filled online requests, Zayed said.
Associated Press
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