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Egypt Increases Number of Vaccination Centers

The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)
The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)
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Egypt Increases Number of Vaccination Centers

The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)
The cabinet meets in New Alamein on Wednesday. (Egyptian government)

Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed said that the number of coronavirus vaccination centers has been increased to 657 from 580, building on the government’s pledge in June to inoculate 40 percent of the population by the end of this year.

During a cabinet meeting in New Alamein on Wednesday, the minister noted that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has underscored the significance of vaccines in light of the emergence of the Delta variant.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly prioritized vaccinating university and school staff and students ahead of the new academic year.

Zayed said vaccination stations that have been set up at university hospitals to inoculate medical staff will handle the rest of the faculty in each university.

They will also administer the second dose of vaccines before the beginning of the new academic year.

Additionally, the Health Ministry has set a mechanism for vaccinating workers at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education.

Moreover, Zayed addressed the current situation of supplying AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. She noted the quantities of raw materials for manufacturing vaccines in the VACSERA factories that should be received by the end of the year.

Six million doses will be released gradually starting September 5.

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Australia Provided Support for US Airstrikes on Houthis

Houthi footage shows the moment of attacking the sunken Greek ship “M/V Tutor” in the Red Sea (Reuters)
Houthi footage shows the moment of attacking the sunken Greek ship “M/V Tutor” in the Red Sea (Reuters)
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Australia Provided Support for US Airstrikes on Houthis

Houthi footage shows the moment of attacking the sunken Greek ship “M/V Tutor” in the Red Sea (Reuters)
Houthi footage shows the moment of attacking the sunken Greek ship “M/V Tutor” in the Red Sea (Reuters)

Australian officials said on Friday that their country provided support for US strikes conducted on Thursday targeting Houthi facilities in Yemen, according to Reuters.
The US said it carried out strikes on Wednesday against five underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, in a strike that used long range B-2 stealth bombers against the Iran-aligned group for the first time.
“Australia provided support for US strikes conducted on 17 October 2024 targeting Houthi facilities in Yemen, through access and overflight for US aircraft in northern Australia,” an Australian defense official said in a statement.
“This support is consistent with our long-standing alliance commitment and close cooperation, demonstrating the interoperability of our militaries,” it added.
The B-2 bomber aircraft involved in the strikes on Yemen did not operate from Australia, however the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported air-to-air refueling had been conducted.
Reuters reported in July that Royal Australian Air Force bases in Tindal and Darwin in northern Australia were being upgraded to cater for US bomber and refueling aircraft with US defense funding, as Australia has re-emerged as a strategically vital Indo-Pacific location for the US amid rising tensions with China.
The US has large jet fuel stores at Tindal and Darwin, according to Reuters.

Precision Strikes
On Thursday, US defense secretary Lloyd Austin said the US military, including air force B-2 bombers, conducted precision strikes against five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
He said US forces targeted several of the Houthis’ underground facilities housing various weapons components of types that the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels throughout the region.
“This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified,” Austin said in a statement.
The Houthis later admitted that airstrikes had hit Sana’a, and the stronghold of Saada. In a statement by its politburo, the group pledged that the attacks “will not go unanswered.”
It said those airstrikes will not deter them from continuing their attacks in support of the Palestinians in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Houthis said they received more than 700 airstrikes after the US and Western strikes on the militia group began on January 12.
Late last year, the US announced the formation of an international escort coalition code-named Operation Guardians of Prosperity in response to the Houthi attacks.
Since November 2023, the Houthis have conducted about 193 attacks in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean, aiming to disrupt Israeli-linked and other vessels, including those from the US and UK.
The strikes, they claim, are in solidarity with Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon.