All education staff to be vaccinated by October – Minister

The Egyptian health ministry is planning to ensure that 100% of employees in the country’s education sector are vaccinated against the coronavirus by October, writes Amr Kandil for Ahram Online.

Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Wednesday 1 September this is part of the state’s plan to vaccinate teaching staff, other workers and students above 18 years old in the pre-university and higher education sectors before the upcoming academic year scheduled to start on 9 October for schools and universities. In a cabinet meeting, Zayed said that all workers in the education sector will have received their first vaccine shot by 15 September, a cabinet statement read.

The country’s vaccination campaign has so far used different vaccine types, including the Chinese Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines, which require two doses given three weeks apart.
Minister Zayed said that there is ongoing coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education to provide a database of 2.2 million university students so that they can receive their first coronavirus shot and obtain vaccination certificates with QR codes.
Full report on the Ahram Online site