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Egypt: Huge Quantity of COVID Vaccine Doses Found Dumped in Wastewater Canal

Lab experts preparing COVID vaccine doses at Cairo factory (EPA)
Lab experts preparing COVID vaccine doses at Cairo factory (EPA)
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Egypt: Huge Quantity of COVID Vaccine Doses Found Dumped in Wastewater Canal

Lab experts preparing COVID vaccine doses at Cairo factory (EPA)
Lab experts preparing COVID vaccine doses at Cairo factory (EPA)

A large number of COVID-19 vaccine doses were found dumped on a small wastewater canal in Egypt's Bani Mazar city, raising concerns among residents.

Minya Governor Major General Osama el-Qadi said an urgent investigation was launched into the incident, while three persons were being interrogated for their suspected involvement in the incident.

On Thursday, locals found the dumped vaccine doses in the village of Abshak, located in the Bani Mazar city, and they quickly informed the local authorities.

It is still not clear why the doses were dumped at the canal or whether they were expired at the time.

Eyewitnesses said they found AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and Sputnik vaccine doses scattered near the wastewater canal.

A medical source in Minya told Akhbar Al-Youm that more than 1,000 ampules of the vaccines were found.

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Arab League Warns Against ‘Strife’ in Syria

The Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Asharq Al-Awsat
The Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Asharq Al-Awsat
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Arab League Warns Against ‘Strife’ in Syria

The Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Asharq Al-Awsat
The Arab League headquarters in Cairo. Asharq Al-Awsat

The Arab League has warned against “strife” in Syria, saying it was “following with concern the events taking place in several Syrian cities and areas with the aim of igniting the sparks of conflict.”

It said Thursday that it “rejects the Iranian statements aimed at fueling strife among the Syrian people,” according to a statement from the secretariat.

It did not specify which statements it was referring to.

Syria's newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, said on Tuesday that Iran must respect the will of the Syrian people and Syria's sovereignty and security.

"We warn them against spreading chaos in Syria and we hold them accountable for the repercussions of the latest remarks," he said.

Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei lashed out on Thursday against unspecified media reports on Iran “interfering in Syria’s internal affairs” as “baseless.”

Iran was committed to “supporting the territorial integrity and national unity of Syria and the formation of an inclusive political system,” he said in a statement.

On Sunday, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called on Syrian youth to "stand with firm determination against those who have orchestrated and brought about this insecurity.”

Khamenei forecast "that a strong and honorable group will also emerge in Syria because today Syrian youth have nothing to lose,” calling the country unsafe.