Egypt’s Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed 155 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 282,737. And 765 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 216,982. Madbouly announced at the beginning of June that 2.5 million citizens have received a vaccine against COVID-19, out of the six million total registered for vaccination. The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Supply, Medical Supply and Medical Technology Administration (UPA) announced in mid-June that it has secured over 46 million COVID-19 doses during the fiscal year 2020/2021. Egypt’s Prime Minister said that Egypt has also produced one million doses of coronavirus vaccines thus far.

Source: Egypt Independent July 09, 2021 08:47 UTC