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On Sunday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health recorded 674 new cases of Coronavirus and 57 deaths, compared to 680 cases and 49 deaths on Saturday.
“The total number that was registered in Egypt with the new Corona virus until Sunday is 161817 cases, including 126,497 cases that have been cured, and 8959 deaths,” said Khaled Mujahid, a ministry spokesman, in a statement.
On Sunday, Egypt launched a vaccination campaign against Corona virus with medical workers, using a vaccine produced by the Chinese National Medicines Group “Sinopharma”.
The Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, said that the state will provide free vaccination, first to all doctors and medical teams treating “Covid-19” patients, and then to other medical workers, the elderly and those with chronic diseases.
She added that Egypt expects to obtain 40 million doses through the “GAVI” vaccine alliance, an amount that will cover 20 million of the country’s 100 million people.
Source: “Reuters”
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