Egypt's Minister of Health Hala Zayed during her During her inspection tour at Sohag Fever Hospital, with Governor Tarek el Feki on Sunday 11 April, 2021. Photo courtesy of Egypt health ministry
Health Minister Hala Zayed on Sunday called on residents of Upper Egypt governorates, especially the elderly and those with chronic diseases, to register online for Covid-19 vaccination.
During her inspection tour at Sohag Fever Hospital, accompanied by Governor Tarek el Feki, Zayed pointed to doubling of the number of vaccination centers in the governorates of Upper Egypt in the coming period, Health Ministry's Spokesman Khaled Megahed said.
Zayed noted that hospitals in Upper Egypt governorates received 200 beds recently to increase their accommodation capacity to receive more coronavirus patients.
The minister thanked the medical teams at Sohag hospitals for their efforts to offer better medical services for the patients during the pandemic.
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