World
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International
12/3/2021 12:17:34 AM
The global initiative to share coronavirus vaccines fairly already scaled back its pledge to the world's poor once. Now, to meet even that limited promise, COVAX would have to deliver more than a million doses every hour until the end of the year in some of the world's most challenging places.
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Egypt
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Health
12/2/2021 11:51:44 AM
Egypt reported 938 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total infection tally officially to 359,516 since the outbreak began in February 2020, said Health Ministry in its daily coronavirus update statement.
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World
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International
12/1/2021 5:11:47 PM
Rich countries donating Covid vaccines must give "better quality" doses rather than ones that are about to expire, a Covax chief said Wednesday after the scheme notched a new delivery record.
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World
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International
12/1/2021 3:43:11 PM
Austria's lockdown has officially been extended until Dec. 11 as planned amid signs that the measures are helping to bring down a sky-high corona virus infection rate.
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Egypt
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Health
12/1/2021 9:35:25 AM
Egypt reported 949 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday bringing the total infection tally officially to 358,578 since the outbreak began in February 2020, said Health Ministry in its daily coronavirus update statement.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/30/2021 10:29:01 PM
If the developing nations continue not to be allowed to produce vaccines against Covid-19, events such as the spread of the new Omicron variant may well occur more often, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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World
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Africa
11/30/2021 8:31:11 PM
South African pharma giant Aspen said Tuesday it has reached an agreement in principle with US-based Johnson & Johnson paving the way for an anti-Covid vaccine "made in Africa for Africa".
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World
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International
11/30/2021 8:01:30 PM
Vaccines specially adapted for the new Omicron coronavirus variant could be approved in three to four months if they are needed, the head of the EU's drug regulator said on Tuesday.
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World
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International
11/30/2021 7:39:40 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that only a "global vaccination plan" could end the Covid-19 pandemic and called the uneven roll-out of vaccines around the world "immoral."
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World
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International
11/30/2021 12:02:44 PM
Existing Covid-19 jabs will struggle against the Omicron variant and it will take months to develop a new shot that works, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna has told the Financial Times.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/30/2021 11:47:17 AM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who will be starting an official visit to Egypt on 1 December, spoke to Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief on a host of issues including fostering economic and political cooperation between the two countries, strengthening Spanish-Egyptian strategic partnership in the Mediterranean region, providing coronavirus vaccines to Egypt, and efforts to achieve security and stability in Libya.
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World
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Africa
11/29/2021 4:45:52 PM
China's President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to offer one billion Covid vaccine doses to Africa, in a speech made via videolink to a China-Africa summit in Senegal's capital Dakar.
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Egypt
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Health
11/28/2021 1:23:12 PM
Egypt received on Saturday a shipment of 3.89 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine through COVAX in cooperation with the vaccine alliance GAVI, the health ministry announced in a statement on Sunday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/26/2021 6:18:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly reports on government efforts to vaccinate 40 per cent of the population by the end of the year.
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Egypt
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Health
11/26/2021 12:50:16 PM
Egypt reported 899 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total infection tally officially to 353,923 since the outbreak began in February 2020, the health ministry said in its daily COVID-19 update statement.
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World
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International
11/25/2021 6:25:14 PM
Europe on Thursday reached the grim milestone of 1.5 million coronavirus deaths as nations scramble to tackle a worsening crisis with winter approaching.
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Egypt
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Health
11/25/2021 10:12:10 AM
Egypt reported 901 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total infection tally officially to 353,613 since the outbreak began in February 2020, the health ministry said in its daily COVID-19 update statement.
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Egypt
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Health
11/24/2021 10:39:36 PM
Egypt received on Wednesday evening a shipment of 3.68 million doses of coronavirus vaccine shots via the COVAX initiative, the Egyptian health ministry announced.
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Egypt
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Health
11/24/2021 8:33:35 PM
Egypt has approved the administering of a third booster shot for COVID-19 vaccines for the most vulnerable groups in the country, acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar said on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Health
11/24/2021 10:19:17 AM
Egypt reported 856 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the total infection tally officially to 352,123 since the outbreak began in February 2020, the health ministry said in its daily COVID-19 update statement.
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