Egypt's Ministry of Education and Technical Education has set 7 September as the deadline for school staffers to complete their COVID-19 vaccine registration. No employee will be allowed to enter their workplace at the start of the new school year if they have not been vaccinated, whether they work at government, private or international schools, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Earlier this month, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued the decision that university and school staff must be vaccinated before the start of the new academic year. Presidential Adviser for Health Awad Tag El-Din said on Monday that vaccination will be mandatory in government institutions, and soon, even some private institutions. The government announced earlier that Egypt seeks to inoculate 800,000 people per day to increase the number of citizens vaccinated against the coronavirus to 35.353 million within an average of 88 days. The government has set a goal to vaccinate 40 million citizens by the end of the year using the AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Sinovac, Sputnik V, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
