Jordan inoculates more than 274,000 against COVID-19

  • Date: 28-Mar-2021
  • Source: Arab News
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Jordan
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Jordan inoculates more than 274,000 against COVID-19

Egypt was already stricken with grief after a train collision on Friday in which at least 19 people were killed. Civil defense workers rushed to the scene of Saturday's building collapse in the Gesr Suez district near Heliopolis. As they searched the rubble, there were fears that the death toll could rise. Cairo's governor, Khaled Abdel Aal, visited the scene and ordered the creation of a special engineering team to inspect surrounding buildings and evaluate the impact. Meanwhile, funerals took place on Saturday for the victims of Friday's collision between two trains in the Tahta district of southern Sohag province. Health Minister Hala Zayed said the initial death toll of 32 had been revised down to 19, and the number of injured had risen from 165 to 185. Surveillance camera footage of the accident showed a speeding train barreling into another as it rolled slowly down the tracks, sending the rear carriage of the second train hurtling into the air in a cloud of dust. One train had been traveling between the southern city of Luxor and Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast, and the other between the southern city of Aswan and Cairo. The crash happened between the Maragha and