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Egypt Sees High Turnout at COVID-19 Vaccination Centers

A woman receives a vaccine shot at a Cairo clinic. (EPA)
A woman receives a vaccine shot at a Cairo clinic. (EPA)
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Egypt Sees High Turnout at COVID-19 Vaccination Centers

A woman receives a vaccine shot at a Cairo clinic. (EPA)
A woman receives a vaccine shot at a Cairo clinic. (EPA)

Vaccination centers across Egypt witnessed this week a high turnout, health authorities confirmed.

The significant turnout came as the country registered 131 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 285,831.

In a statement, spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said eight patients have died from the virus, raising the toll to 16,647.

As many as 439 patients were discharged from hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recoveries to 235,317, he added.

Meanwhile, presidential advisor for health affairs Mohamed Awad Tageldin said that the Health Ministry is providing temporary medical certificates for Egyptians and foreigners that receive their doses in the country.

In an interview with a local TV channel, he said the high turnout at vaccination centers reflects the people’s growing awareness about the importance of receiving the shot.

Egypt has imported the Sinopharm, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and set up 539 inoculation centers across the country.

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Ex-Tunisian Minister Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Ex-Tunisian Minister Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Criminal Chamber specialized in financial corruption cases at the Court of First Instance of Tunis, sentenced on Friday former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher to three years in prison, the Tunisian official news agency, TAP, reported.
The ruling is part of a corruption case related to breaches in a transaction carried out by the former minister for the purchase of several vehicles.
Investigation showed that the tender conditions were allegedly manipulated in favor of one particulate supplier.
In addition to Mouakher, the Chamber condemned a civil protection executive, seconded to the Environment Ministry, to two years in prison.
The two defendants are found guilty of abusing their functions to obtain an undue advantage, and therefore causing harm to the administration and contravening the regulations in force.
On Thursday, the Criminal Chamber specialized in corruption cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced a security officer to three years in prison and four others to four years in prison on charges of abusing their functions to obtain an undue advantage and harm others.
The five security officers had formed a group for the purpose of attacking property and exploiting a public employee.
According to documents related to the case, surveillance activities revealed that the five defendants, who work at a central department, were involved in seizing private funds, giving night jobs to some department agents, and transferring the profits to their personal accounts.
Their case was first examined by the Financial Chamber, which decided to sentence the five security guards to prison.
The case was later referred to the Criminal Chamber that examines financial corruption cases. The chamber had earlier kept the five defendants at liberty, before issuing late on Thursday the prison sentences.