Ahram Online “Egypt will donate 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to African countries”, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi announced the pledge at the Africa Health ExCon conference in Cairo on Sunday. The initiative will be fulfilled in coordination with the African Union. Sisi expressed readiness to cooperate with African nations in different …
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Ministry of Health seek vaccine cooperation with Cuba
Egypt Today Discussions on joint manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine were took place on Sunday at a meeting between Egyptian acting Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and Cuban Ambassador to Egypt Tania Aguiar Fernandez. The officials reviewed areas of possible cooperation in healthcare and scientific research. Abdel Ghaffar confirmed that …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccinations surpass 33.5M in Egypt
Egypt Independent “Daily average COVID-19 infections during the last week reached 124 cases, while daily death toll averaged at six new deaths”, the Egyptian Ministry of Health revealed on Saturday. COVID-19 patient recoveries have so far reached 444,002 as daily recoveries averaged around 260. The National COVID-19 vaccination campaign fully …
Read More »Ministry of Health recommends COVID-19 boosters, despite lower infection rates
Egypt Today Amid global concerns of an emerging COVID-19 variant XE the Egyptian Ministry of Health called on all Egyptians to register for their COVID-19 vaccines and boosters when invited by the Ministry via SMS messages. On Tuesday, spokesman of the Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar called on “everyone who is …
Read More »Egypt receives 1.5M Pfizer vaccine doses from US
Egypt Today A shipment of 1,501,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses was received at Cairo International Airport on Wednesday night from the United States. “The shipment was delivered via the COVAX Facility in cooperation with the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI)”, the Egyptian Ministry of Health said in a statement. “Last week, Egypt …
Read More »Egypt COVID-19 infections fall to 559 a day
Egypt Independent “The average number of daily COVID-19 infections the last week hovered around 559 cases, while confirmed daily deaths marked at eight Nationwide”, the Ministry of Health and Population announced on Saturday. A statement by the Ministry revealed that “the average daily number of COVID-19 recoveries reached 565 last …
Read More »COVID-19 daily average at 625 infections in Egypt
Egypt Independent “The daily average figure of COVID-19 infections over last week ranged around 625 cases and daily deaths averaged about eight patients”, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced on Saturday. According to Ministry spokesman, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, “the average daily number of patient recoveries reached 615 last week, …
Read More »Health authorities reveal 48% fall in COVID-19 deaths in Egypt
Ahram Online “COVID-19 related deaths in Egypt declined by 48% in the week between 14 and 21 March compared to the previous week”, acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar revealed on Tuesday evening. At the Ministry’s weekly COVID-19 follow up meeting, Abdel-Ghaffar confirmed “the percentage of hospitalisation and …
Read More »884 new COVID-19 infections and 13 deaths logged in Egypt
Egypt Independent “884 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths and 322 recoveries were recorded late on Wednesday”, the Egyptian Ministry of Health confirmed. Data released by the Ministry of Health reveal that total infections reached 493,658 Nationwide. Reports indicate that 24,257 COVID-19 deaths have been registered and 423,457 patients recovered and …
Read More »Egyptian daily COVID-19 infections below 1,000
Ahram Online Daily COVID-19 infections recorded in Egypt fell below the 1,000 mark for the first time since 13 January. The Ministry of Health reported 923 new cases on Monday. The Ministry confirmed that the infections tally has reached 491,892 Nationwide. Daily figures released by health authorities revealed that 25 …
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