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Controversy witnessed on social media in Egypt, following reports that citizens received expired vaccines against the Corona virus, and despite the knowledge of the Ministry of Health officials of this, they preferred to vaccinate citizens with them instead of executing them, claiming that the vaccines will not cause any side effects.

And Mada Masr (independent) website quoted two doctors participating in the door-to-door campaign to vaccinate against the Corona virus in Cairo governorate individually, that the Sinovac Vaccera vaccine, which was distributed by the Ministry of Health to teams deployed in the governorate’s neighborhoods for use in giving the booster dose to citizens, expired before More than two months.

The two doctors participating in the campaign in two different areas in Cairo, after stipulating that their names not be mentioned, indicated that those responsible for the vaccination campaign at the Ministry of Health told them that the vaccine is safe and will not cause any negative effects on the health of those who receive it, and the orders issued by officials in the ministry were to benefit from it instead. of his execution.

One of the two doctors indicated that those responsible for the campaign demanded the participants not to allow the vaccinated recipients to see the vaccine package if they requested it, adding that “there are people who ask to see the ampoule to be reassured, but we inform the nurses that they have any excuse so that no one sees it.”

— Mada Masr Mada Masr (@MadaMasr) June 18, 2022

What is the Sinovac Vaccera vaccine?

It is a locally produced vaccine against the Corona virus that obtained an emergency use license from the Egyptian Medicines Authority last year, and it is the fruit of cooperation between the Chinese company Sinovac and the Egyptian Holding Company for Biopharmaceuticals and Vaccines (Vaxera);

After passing the necessary evaluation processes by the authority, in accordance with the international rules and references used to assess the safety, quality and effectiveness of vaccines.

The Egyptian Medicines Authority confirmed, according to local newspapers, that granting the emergency use license for the first locally produced vaccine in Egypt came after the authority provided unprecedented technical and procedural support to the Vaccera Company, with the aim of localizing that industry and achieving self-sufficiency in local production, and placing Egypt on a map Corona vaccine producing countries.

The Egyptian Medicines Authority grants a license for the emergency use of the locally produced anti-coronavirus "Sinovac-Vaxera" after passing the evaluation processes of the authority pic.twitter.com/XVcGLKUpUu

- Al Jazeera Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) August 23, 2021

solemn silence

What is interesting in the matter is that the officials were aware of the matter, and demanded that the doctors participating in the campaign deceive the citizens in case they wanted to see the validity of the vaccine, which was indicated by one of the doctors when he said that the officials demanded that those wishing to receive the vaccination not be able to see the vaccine package, And to invoke anything, according to the report.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health did not comment on what was stated in the report, despite the government allocating its affiliate, its task, its task is to respond to the controversial rumors, and the local media did not also address the report or enlighten it.

But at the end of last May, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, said that the average life of vaccines is at least a year, in response to what was reported at the time of the expiration of some vaccine shipments.

In televised statements, Abdel Ghaffar said that the Egyptian state is very keen on the health of its citizens, and that they cannot give the citizen any vaccine until after ensuring its validity and safety.

Fears

On the other hand, on the level of social media, the incident raised fears of some people about taking the vaccine, and angered others, who considered it a negative sign of indifference to the health and safety of citizens.

A few days ago, Egypt canceled all restrictions on the entry of Egyptians, or foreigners, into the country, contained in Article VII of the decision of the Supreme Committee for the Management of the Epidemiological and Health Pandemic Crisis No. (1) of 2021, as part of the follow-up to the epidemiological situation internally and externally.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health provided about 86.6 million doses to citizens of various types of vaccines, and 4.5 million booster doses were provided, and vaccine stocks currently amount to about 57.5 million doses to complete the provision of vaccinations, according to Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Acting Minister of Health. .

It is said that she was in a campaign called Knocking on Doors, she was starting to vaccinate the Chinese Corona virus Sinovac Vacsera and the words that leaked from doctors in this campaign that they discovered that the vaccination was expired two months ago, and it was in instructions that no one sees the vaccine packages, and the catastrophe is that they say that it is packed Inside Egypt 👇👇

— voyage 🍃🍃🍃 (@ahmed45231050) June 19, 2022

In the name of God, God willing,


two sources for vaccination campaigns: The Sinovac Vaccera vaccine used in the booster dose for corona vaccinations expired more than two months ago

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— Amr Khalifa (@Cairo67Unedited) June 19, 2022

Entry no longer requires a certificate of the #Corona vaccine or the negative swab.. Egypt cancels all travel restrictions on arrivals pic.twitter.com/ztnlxVvtpD

- Al Jazeera Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) June 18, 2022

dangerous indicator

In this context, the former official at the Egyptian Ministry of Health, Mustafa Gawish, said, "If the incident is true, it is a health disaster that requires accountability and punishment for officials in the Ministry of Health, because it deliberately manipulated the lives of Egyptians, and disregarded the value of their lives."

Speaking to Al-Jazeera Net, Gawish added that it was the first to execute any expired quantities, because executing them is safer than vaccinating citizens with them, and so far, all vaccines have emergency statements and have not been scientifically proven to be effective or side effects, let alone if they are expired. .

Gawish called on the Ministry of Health to confirm or deny the news and to clarify the circumstances of the incident because it is a negative indication of the ministry’s failure to carry out its duty, and opens the door to many questions about previous, current and subsequent vaccinations and their safety and safety and the safety of citizens, and may cause some to refrain from receiving stimulant doses, and the Those wishing to vaccinate should check the validity of the vaccine to avoid any fraud or fraud.

Bani Mazar Vaccines

Last October, the media and communication sites were abuzz with pictures and video clips of the fact that thousands of doses of the Corona vaccine were found dumped in the garbage in the Bani Mazar Center of the Minya Governorate, south of Cairo.

At that time, the Public Prosecution opened extensive investigations with officials in the Health Directorate and the Health Administration in Bani Mazar, in the incident of finding 40 cartons containing more than 13,000 ampoules (packages) for the Sinopharm vaccine, which were found lying on both sides of the canal in the village of Abshaq in the center, north of the governorate, and resulted in the imprisonment of a pharmacist. Store keeper and driver for 3 years.