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Egypt Receives 3.8 Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccines

Egypt received 3.89 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. (Egyptian Health Ministry)
Egypt received 3.89 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. (Egyptian Health Ministry)
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Egypt Receives 3.8 Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccines

Egypt received 3.89 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. (Egyptian Health Ministry)
Egypt received 3.89 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. (Egyptian Health Ministry)

Egypt on Sunday received 3.89 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said.

Abdel Ghaffar said the shipment, which was delivered through the COVAX initiative and in cooperation with the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), arrived at Cairo International Airport on Saturday evening.

He said the vaccine is approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization and is administered as two doses, 21 days apart.

The shipment will be tested at the authority’s labs before being distributed to vaccination centers across the country.

Egypt had started its vaccination campaign in January.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry announced that 931 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, upping the total in the country to 355,767.

It said 68 people have died from virus-related complications, raising the death toll to 20,305.

Abdel Ghaffar said Egypt managed in a short time to provide all coronavirus vaccines, including Sputnik, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson to the population.

The Health Ministry again urged citizens to register online to receive the vaccine.

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Israeli Ground Troops in Lebanon Reach the Litani River

Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Al-Khiam, as seen from northern Israel, 26 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)
Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Al-Khiam, as seen from northern Israel, 26 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)
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Israeli Ground Troops in Lebanon Reach the Litani River

Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Al-Khiam, as seen from northern Israel, 26 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)
Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Al-Khiam, as seen from northern Israel, 26 November 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. (EPA)

The Israeli military says its ground troops have reached parts of Lebanon’s Litani River — a focal point of the emerging ceasefire.

In a statement Tuesday, the army said it had reached the Wadi Slouqi area in southern Lebanon and clashed with Hezbollah forces.

Under a proposed ceasefire, Hezbollah would be required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is some 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the Israeli border.

The military says the clashes with Hezbollah took place on the eastern end of the Litani, just a few kilometers (miles) from the border. It is one of the deepest places Israeli forces have reached in a nearly two-month ground operation.

The military says soldiers destroyed rocket launchers and missiles and engaged in “close-quarters combat” with Hezbollah forces.

The announcement came hours before Israel’s security Cabinet is expected to approve a ceasefire that would end nearly 14 months of fighting.