Government in Egypt has announced that it will bar unvaccinated public service workers from entering its buildings from mid next month.
A cabinet notice on Sunday said workers would have to be vaccinated or take a weekly Covid test to be allowed into government buildings from 15 November.
Egypt has administered more than 30 million vaccine doses out of a population of over 100 million people, according to data from its health ministry.
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The country has so far recorded a total of 318,000 cases, including 17,970 deaths.