Egypt’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed 1,140 new coronavirus cases, down from 1,149 on Monday. The ministry also reported 49 deaths and 987 recovered cases. There have now been a total of 254,984 confirmed cases, 14,766 deaths, and 187,446 recovered cases in the country. The ministry reported in mid-May that it has vaccinated 1.3 million people so far. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine and the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine, but will soon locally manufacture China’s Sinovac vaccine and Russia’s Sputnik-V.

Source: Egypt Independent May 26, 2021 08:37 UTC