The Egyptian Minister of Health Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar has launched a massive free-of-charge four-day national vaccination campaign against polio.
The campaign aims to vaccinate 16 million children against the disease, according to the minister.
The country had been declared polio-free since 2006 in accordance with the standards set by the World Health Organization, with the last case recorded in 2004.
The campaign will run until Wednesday, with possibility of an extension to guarantee that all targeted children receive vaccination, the minister said.