Egypt’s Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed 69 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 283,636. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 16,439 nationwide, after the ministry announced eight deaths. And 898 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 223,213. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine and the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine. The committee, headed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, agreed that restaurants, cafes, shops, and malls may return to summer working hours starting June.
