A National Measles and Rubella Vaccination Campaign Is Coming to the Red Sea — No Dates or Ages Published Yet
The Red Sea Governorate is preparing to launch the national measles and rubella vaccination campaign, Twasl News Network reports. The report gives no start date, no age groups and no locations for parents.
8 October 2026
The Red Sea Governorate is preparing to launch the national measles and rubella vaccination campaign, according to the Arabic outlet Twasl News Network, which carried the report on 7 October.
That is the whole of the item as published. It gives no start date for the campaign and no indication of how long it will run. It does not say which age groups are to be vaccinated, and it does not say where on the coast parents should take children — clinics, schools, or mobile teams.
The campaign is described as a national one that the governorate is preparing to roll out locally. The report puts no figure on how many children the Red Sea expects to reach, and names no official.
For resident parents this is a notice to watch for rather than something to act on yet: the two things that matter — the dates and the eligible ages — are precisely what has not been published. For visitors it changes nothing.