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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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Turkish FM Discusses with Blinken Need to Cooperate with New Syrian Administration

A handout photo made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) and Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) attending a press conference after their meeting in Damascus, Syria, 22 December 2024. (EPA/Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office handout)
A handout photo made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) and Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) attending a press conference after their meeting in Damascus, Syria, 22 December 2024. (EPA/Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office handout)
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Turkish FM Discusses with Blinken Need to Cooperate with New Syrian Administration

A handout photo made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) and Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) attending a press conference after their meeting in Damascus, Syria, 22 December 2024. (EPA/Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office handout)
A handout photo made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) and Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) attending a press conference after their meeting in Damascus, Syria, 22 December 2024. (EPA/Turkish Foreign Ministry Press Office handout)

Türkiye's foreign minister discussed with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday the need to act in cooperation with the new Syrian administration to ensure the completion of the transition period in an orderly manner, the ministry said.

In a phone call, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Blinken that Ankara would not allow Kurdish YPG militia to take shelter in Syria, the ministry spokesperson said.

During the call, Blinken emphasized the need to support a Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process that "upholds human rights and prioritizes an inclusive and representative government," according to a statement from the US State Department.

Blinken and Fidan also discussed preventing terrorism from endangering the security of Türkiye and Syria, the statement said.