Vaccine coverage rate for adult citizens in Egypt exceeds 51 pct
STORY: Vaccine coverage rate for adult citizens in Egypt exceeds 51 pct
DATELINE: March 17, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:51
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: HEALTH
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STORYLINE:
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Egypt's higher education and scientific research minister and acting health minister, said Wednesday that the vaccine coverage rate for citizens 18 years or older had exceeded 51 percent.
The minister made the remarks while presenting a report on the epidemiological situation during the cabinet meeting headed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
Ghaffar indicated that more than 142 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been provided so far, and more than 74 million doses have been consumed, including about 1.6 million booster doses for priority groups.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
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