(MENAFN- Nam News Network) CAIRO, Apr 15 (NNN-MENA) - Egyptian Health Minister, Hala Zayed, said yesterday that, the government is preparing the vast Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Centre for mass COVID-19 vaccination, noting the centre can accommodate 10,000 people at any one time.
In a virtual cabinet meeting, Zayed explained that, 75 clinics are currently being prepared at the spacious venue, according to a cabinet statement.
She pointed out that the centre has a yard with an area of 1,500 square metres where citizens can wait, "which ensures social distancing."
The Egyptian COVID-19 vaccination campaign relies on two vaccines: Chinese Sinopharm and British-Swedish Oxford/AstraZeneca.
Egypt started, in late Jan, vaccinating medical staff of government hospitals, with Sinopharm vaccine, which was the first to be approved by the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA), followed by Oxford/AstraZeneca and Russia's Sputnik V vaccines.
In early Mar, the North African country started vaccinating elderly people and patients with chronic diseases.
Egypt has so far reported a total of 212,130 COVID-19 cases, including 12,526 deaths and 160,431 recoveries.- NNN-MENA
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