Egypt suspends medical staff vacations as virus cases surge

Egypt suspends medical staff vacations as virus cases surge

Egypt suspends medical staff vacations as virus cases surge

Egypt suspends medical staff vacations as virus cases surge

Egypt suspends medical staff vacations as virus cases surge

Members of medical team walk in front of the Institute of Research for Tropical Medicine amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cairo, in Egypt. (Reuters/File)

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Egypt suspends medical staff vacations as virus cases surge

On Monday evening, Egypt recorded its highest rate of coronavirus cases and deaths during the second wave

Updated 22 December 2020

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CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has suspended vacations for medical staff in hospitals and health units in an effort to step up its anti-coronavirus campaign.

An official source told Egyptian media that the ministry will stop granting or renewing vacations to doctors, nursing staff, technicians, administrators and health sector workers as part of a plan to confront the second virus wave.

The source added that the ministry will also end non-compulsory vacations, including travel abroad.

On Monday evening, Egypt recorded its highest rate of coronavirus cases and deaths during the second wave, with 718 new cases and 32 deaths.

Hossam Hosni, head of Egypt's coronavirus committee in the Ministry of Health and Population, said that Egypt is facing three strains