With the increasing fears of the spread of a third wave of the Corona pandemic in Egypt, Egyptians are talking about another crisis related to the slow pace of the vaccination process compared to the countries of the world and the region.

An unofficial report published by the "Covid-Fax Live" website (covidvax.live), which specializes in the statistics and registration of vaccinations, aroused the disapproval of a number of Egyptians, as Egypt needs - according to the site's statistics - more than a thousand years to complete the vaccination of 70% of its citizens who exceed their number 102 million people, if they continued on the current vaccination rate, with an average of 220 vaccinations per day, according to the site

The pioneers of social networking sites criticized the slow pace of the vaccination process in Egypt, and compared it to a number of countries, led by Israel, which needs only one month to complete the vaccination of 70% of its citizens, the Emirates that need 68 days, Qatar 239 days, Saudi Arabia 380 days, Turkey 593, and even countries Africa, where Ghana needs 1,111 days, Senegal 1950, and Rwanda 1999 days.

In late February, Egypt received a shipment of 300 thousand doses of the Chinese Corona vaccine, "Sinopharma", and it had previously received 50 thousand doses of the same vaccine, and the same from the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Since the announcement of the start of the Chinese vaccination campaign, Egyptians have been afraid of receiving the vaccine, and Egyptians have not seen President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi receiving the vaccine, as many world leaders have done to reassure their people.

The Egyptian authorities say that a week ago, they began a vaccination campaign for elderly citizens and those with chronic diseases, through 40 medical centers.

Official recognition

The slow pace of vaccination was confirmed by Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, Undersecretary of the Egyptian Ministry of Health for Preventive Affairs, who said that the number of citizens who received the vaccine was only about 11 thousand out of 400 thousand citizens who registered their data to obtain the vaccine, in his speech to the Egyptian government "Nile Life" channel.

Dr. Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din, the advisor to the Egyptian President for Health and Preventive Affairs, had confessed a few days ago in televised statements to the small number of vaccines that Egypt obtained, which do not exceed 400 thousand vaccines only, sufficient to vaccinate 200 thousand citizens in light of what he said is a global crisis in Distribute the vaccine.

Tajuddin also admitted that there are a number of citizens and doctors afraid to obtain the vaccine, as he did not obtain final approval from the World Health Organization, as he only obtained an emergency use permit, in light of what is being raised in the media about the side effects of viruses, and forcing the vaccine recipient to sign A declaration that the manufacturer is not responsible for any side effects resulting from the vaccine.

The advisor to the President of the Republic called for relying on preventive measures, especially with the approaching month of Ramadan, which witnesses large family gatherings, especially in light of the increases in the number of infected people in the current period, and the emergence of the third wave of the virus in various countries of the world.